FMLA Time & Vacation Time

mhaney

We have several employees who will be taking materity leave this year - I'm curious to see how other companies handle this. Do most employers require employees to take all of their vacation time toward the FMLA leave? Or can we even require that? I didn't know if we had to keep that separate and allow them to take their vacation time and still have to allow 12 weeks FMLA for maternity.

NaeNae55

mhaney - Wecome to the forum!

The federal government allows your policies to determine if employees are required to take vacation or sick leave while out on FMLA. Unless your state laws forbid it, I recommend that you run any state maternity leave simultaneously with FMLA. You should have this issue clearly addressed and communicated to your employees in your employee handbook/policies.

We require employees to take all leave during FMLA before allowing leave without pay. This avoids situations where employees are gone for long periods of time on FMLA, whatever the reason, and then want to take time off for vacation.

Good luck!

Nae

Still Need Coffee

We also require use of all paid leave concurrent with FMLA time. Like Nae said, this helps as avoid situations where someone is out more than 12 weeks per year.

joannie

That is also the way we handle.

Sharon McKnight SPHR

To mhaney .. your first post! Welcome to the Forum. :welcome:

sonny

Like the others, we run concurrently. .

BettyBoop FL

We also run vacation/sick time concurrent with FMLA

bethk

Yes, we do the same. All sick and vacation hours are used before leave without pay.