FMLA tracking software

Paul in Cannon Beach · July 2010

Can anyone recommend FMLA tracking software that they have used and found to be effective and user friendly?

The ideal software program for me would be:

- not too expensive
- user friendly and intuitive
- include both federal and state
- generate notices, etc
- walks you through the various steps

Thanks!

joannie · July 2010

Paul, how many employees do you have that qualify for FMLA?

Still Need Coffee · July 2010

We have about 160 FMLA-eligible employees, and we do ours the old fashioned way. By hand.

Bless you, Outlook & Excel!!!

joannie · July 2010

[quote=Still Need Coffee;720160]We have about 160 FMLA-eligible employees, and we do ours the old fashioned way. By hand.

Bless you, Outlook & Excel!!![/quote]

That's exactly why I was asking Paul how many ee's he has. We are around 120 employees now and I handle the same way you do.

ACU Frank · July 2010

We only have about 55 employees, so I can still track it in my head. When we hit 70-80, I'll probably have to resort to post-its.

cnghr · July 2010

130 employees here, and rarely do we have more than one out on FMLA at a time so we still do it the old-fashioned way, also: a combination of Excel and a good memory!

NaeNae55 · July 2010

If my company had to rely on my memory they would be up the creek!

Excel is the way we handle it too.

Paul in Cannon Beach · July 2010

We have about 70 employees who would qualify. My issue is not just tracking but the administration. I want to be sure that I am doing everything correctly. Since we dont have ee's out on FMLA leave very often, I don't feel like I stay informed on the process, notifications, and the balance between our state and federal FMLA.

Still Need Coffee · July 2010

There's an article in this month's SHRM "HR Magazine" about this very topic - I just ran across it today. It suggests some companies...perhaps someone has experience with one of them? If not, Paul, I guess you could check them out.

QQuest Corp.
RSL LeaveManager
Insurance companies (like Aetna, The Hartford, & Unum)

Good luck!

Irie · July 2010

We have about 250 employees and I've used JJKeller's FMLA Manager software for years and like it a lot. It's very affordable too. I only use it for tracking purposes although it has quite a lot of other capabilities that I don't really need. The tracking part is great and very user friendly. I highly recommend it. jjkeller.com

Paul in Cannon Beach · July 2010

Thanks Irie. I have been wondering about the JJ Keller software and its good to hear from someone who has used it.

Great suggestion, Coffee. I'll check out the SHRM article.

Paul in Cannon Beach · July 2010

If anyone is willing to share their Xcell spreadsheet, could you e-mail me: [EMAIL="paulknoch@cbcc.net"]paulknoch@cbcc.net[/EMAIL]

ACU Frank · July 2010

I don't have a spreadsheet for it. Generally, I rarely have more than one person on leave at a time, and I only have one intermittent case. I would use ADP's accumulators to track the intermittent one if I thought it was getting close.

cnghr · July 2010

My spreadsheet is actually the attendance spreadsheet we keep for all employees. It is set up calendar-style and we mark all absences on it and when I have anyone on FMLA (we currently have two people at the same time, which is unusual for us) I track it directly on their attendance record. So far that has worked pretty well, but if for any reason we ended up with a bunch of people on FMLA at one time then I would probably have to think about doing something a little bit different.

FMLA tracking software

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