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I disagree. The law is very clear as to who is to be cared for in an FMLA situation and an aunt is not included, even with a power of attorney. A power of attorney just enables someone to take certain legal actions for the person, it does not conv…
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So true... I'm still researching, but the Toyota decision passed on the question of substantially limited in the performance of the life activity of work. Their decision only concerned the performance of manual tasks. Specifically, the court said…
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You could very well be right. I haven't looked at the Toyota case in a while, so I'll have to haul it out and look at it. However, there may still be liability if the effects spill over into other aspects of the employee's life. Remote, but this …
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The medical is too complicated to go into here, but the person may have a disability as defined under the ADA, however it is an arguable question. I'm just preparing our options. We don't have permanent light duty jobs, but create/modify as necessa…
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Thanks all. I believe I have confirmation of what I thought and can bring this to an end. We indeed end benefits after 26 weeks consecutuive inactive status (regardless of the reason)and terminate after 52.
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I agree regarding the doctor, but I was speaking to the larger issue of how to administer an FMLA case where the family member in question is in a different country and certification is impossible. If I had a policy that always required certificati…
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We have had similar situations and they are understandable. The employee is in a catch-22. They are trying to comply with the notification requirements when the person they are trying to gain leave to help is physically located in a different coun…