FMLA Training
Tina Shake
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Has anyone provided FMLA training to supervisors/managers that would be willing to give me some insight into how it was handled? (Main points covered, duration of training 1 hr, 2hr, etc) Also, did you hold meetings with all (nonsupervision)employees explaining the FMLA, or did you just give them the policy to sign? We have just written an FMLA policy, and have not had one before. It is my responsibility to train the supervisors in this area. I have trained supervisors on harassment and had them pass out the policy to their employees and they were to discuss it. However, it seems that the supervisors did not really discuss the policy, or "train" their employees on it. So, I'm not sure on the FMLA of how I should handle the training. I also do not want to overload supervisors with information that is not pertinent. Any thoughts or ideas will be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
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supervisors and relief supervisors are required to attend. We cover
the basics of what is FMLA, who qualifies, what are the EE's rights and
responsibilites, what are the ER's obligations, what our policy is
concerning getting written info to EE ...........
We also hit very heavily on the liability issue for supervisors for
any non-compliance or retaliation and advise them that the company
is not legally obligated to provide legal counsel for them should
they be named in a suit. That really gets their attention and
(knock on wood) we have not had any problems.
Can you email me anything you'd be willing to share? I have so much supervisor training to do that has never been done formally before, that I'm aware of. I find myself spending tons of time getting materials together on topics that I am still learning about myself. Yeah, I know. Wah wah wah. x:'(
Thanks in advance for whatever you can share!
Thank you so much!
For FMLA, you'd have a video (around 25 minutes), handouts, overhead slides, discussion questions, a fun icebreaker, and a brief summary of the law as a refresher for you.
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We just finished FMLA training at each of our locations and only trained Supervisors ( we expect supervisors to train ee's) but like stated before this doesn't normally happen. If I had it my way we would train ALL ee's on FMLA including non-supervisory people to ensure it is well understood. I have two separate PPoint presentations that were shared with me they are both very similar one for supervisors and nonsupervisors the main difference is what supervisors should do when learning of a possible FMLA case the legal Implications should we not issue FMLA when necessary and to encourage them to always consult us. Just some thoughts :-?
Secondly, don't train the employees in FMLA. Meet the posting requirements and manualize whatever your policy says about the procedures. Meet the basics of the law. To train employees in FMLA, in my opinion, is to teach them how to manipulate it. They will learn that fast enough without formal training.