What to do now?

njjel

This must be my day for FMLA! An employee has called out sick and will be out at least 5 days (so they say). They state the doctor THINKS they have pnemonia but is still running tests. (It may be a bad cold) Does this qualify for FMLA?

POPEYE

njjel - To answer both of your posts, what I have always followed is the physicians certification. One of the qualifying categories states Absence + Treatment. As far as I am concerned that would cover just about anything.

psrcello

Unfortunately, you're right - the most amazing things qualify under the absence plus treatment criteria! Unfortunately, I'm finding that a lot of my intermittent leave issues start with absence plus treatment, then slide right into "chronic" - which don't even require treatment with an episode of absence!

Thank you, Slick Willie!