Hours to Qualify for FMLA
Shary
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All of the FMLA guidelines say that in order to qualify for FMLA, an employee has to have worked 12 months and worked 1,250 hours in the previous 12 months. I had attended a class where I was instructed that an employee in working 12 months has to have put in 2,080 hours initially, which is 52 weeks x 40 hours. I have an employee who has completed one year of service, but is a part-time employee. Is it correct that she needs to put in 2,080 hours initially before she qualifies for FMLA? Then of course it would take a part-time employee longer than 12 months of services to be able to be eligible for FMLA. This information came from an attorney, but all of the FMLA guidelines do not address the 2,080 hour initial requirement.
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That doesn't make sense to me, but if I'm wrong I sure would like to know about it and be given a clear statutory reference.
You evidently need to re-read this booklet or go on-line and get the real skinny for yourself. 1 year is an anniversary year for qualification as an employee. 1250 hours is the 2nd qualifier, an application with cerification by a physician is a final qualifier.
Additionally, there are several options for the company which identifys the running date of your FMLA year. Ours is a running year which starts on the date of injury or illness. Upon receiving an application with physician's certification we look back for one year and see if she is over 1 year in enrollment. 2nd we run a report that reflects the total number of hours worked, to date, including O/T. If there are at least 1250 hours worked, regardless of full time, permanant, or part-time employee status, we seek then to approve and/or disapprove the application for FMLA. We then respond in writting the approval or disapproval of the application. If disapproved, we move toward termanation as medically disqualified/and attendance issue and not the medical conditions reported.
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