Do not qualify for FMLA, but........

swynia

Hi, I'm a new HR professional in the trucking industry and this is my first exposure to and FMLA related issue. We have many location throughout the US, but in each location we do not have enough employees to meet the EE count for FMLA. I recently had an employee come in with a doctors excuse due to her pregnancy telling us that she can no longer work full-time. Because of this she lost all of her benefits, but now, her manager wants to terminate her because he needs somebody full-time, which the EE cannot due. (Not due until mid-June)

As far as I can tell from all of the reading that I have been doing, there is nothing stopping my manager from letting her go, but is there something else I should consider and/or be careful of before giving my manager the go ahead??

TN HR

You're kidding, right?

[url]http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-preg.html[/url]

POPEYE

Please send me this EEs name and phone #. I have a friend who has a friend in MN who is an attorney and we sure would like to take a long trip together and we could if you and your manager proceed as you've outlined and this friend would take your EEs case.........

Whatever

I don't know why, but it seems to me that FMLA has been inflated to the point that people forget there are numerous other laws that rule our lives.
Swynia - I would urge you to get a few books on hr and law (especially those that get updated yearly-one should be very basic and easy to read and provide an overview-the others should be for reference) and some sort of guide summary to laws by state and federal government.

swynia

Thank you so much Whatever. That is advise that I will take. I was beginning to think that HR professionals are rude. Once I read the EEOC piece I felt like a moron and should have known better, but sometimes you do tend to focus all of your attention on one thing and do forget about others that might affect it. That is why you ask before you make a big mistake.

LarryC

swynia, here in the Land of 10,000 Employement Laws and Enough Lakes In Which to Throw Them, we do have an excellent Employer's Association which is headquartered over in Plymouth. I don't know exaclty where you are located, but I would guess it's not too far away. We're located in Coon Rapids. Anyway, the EA is an execellent resource. The M. Lee Smith Publishers have excellent material and BLR is an outstanding source for updated employment law materials. Send me a private message and I can help you even further.

Whatever

I should add-if a college or jr. college offers a course in HR law you should take it (especially if you can get your er to pay for it).