Another Human Resource Training for FMLA

They are trying to make it as hard as possible for employees who really need FMLA to use it! This is from HR Daily Advisor website.

How to Halt 'Pattern Absence' Abuse Under FMLA

Topic: Leave Policy/Compliance

 

Once employees are certified for intermittent FMLA, the Monday-Friday absence pattern begins, and there's nothing you can do, right? Not so, says HR Manager Barbara Dahlen.

Yesterday's Advisor featured Dahlen's tips for managing intermittent leave abuse. Today, she tackles pattern absences. Dahlen, who manages HR at Bellefontaine Habilitation Center in St. Louis, asked her audience at the recent SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition, "Nobody here has a problem with pattern absences, right?" The audience's large groan made it clear-pattern absences are a headache for everyone.

Dahlen has a protocol she follows to fight back....

 

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