FMLA
The number of work weeks OR hours an eligible employee is entitled to for standard (not military-related) family medical leave.
What is 12 weeks or 480 hours.
Employees must meet the minimum state service and work hours requirements to be eligible for leave related to a serious health condition.
This is a modification or adjustment to a work function or environment to ENABLE an employee to perform their essential job functions.
What is a "reasonable accommodation" or "workplace accommodation"?
What is a Supervisor Employee Communication (SEC) and Probation.
True or False An employee may opt out of being covered by workers’ compensation and prefer to keep the common-law right to recover damages for personal injury or death.
What is "true" -within 5 days of employment and done so in writing.
The federal agency that interprets and enforces the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
What is the Department of Labor (DOL)
The length of time an employee has to return their medical certification (WH forms).
What is 15 calendar days (absent extenuating circumstances)?
In some cases, an additional 7 days to return documentation is granted when the FMLA Coordinator seeks clarification from the medical provider.
An individual must be able to perform these functions in order to be considered a “qualified individual"?
What are "essential job functions"?
Job Descriptions are used during the interactive process, so regular review and updates are necessary to ensure accuracy.
Whenever an employee is transferred to a new manager, the former manager should complete and submit a closeout performance evaluation for the transferred employee within 30 days.
What is a close-out evaluation
The most common workers' compensation incidents reported to the agency
When an employer punishes an employee for advocating for their rights to be free from employment discrimination and other violations of law.
What is "Retaliation"?
#1 charge filed with the EEOC in recently history
The leave accrual type used once an employee exhaust all sick and other paid leave accruals while on approved FMLA leave.
What is unpaid leave or (LWOP)?
An employee's spouse has a substantial disability which necessitates the need for an employee to request modifications to their work/environment. Employers are REQUIRED to assess this circumstance as a workplace accommodation.
True or False?
What is FALSE?
The ADA/ADAAA covers an *employee's disability only. FMLA provides time off for an employee to care for an eligible family member.
The foundation of every performance appraisal and discipline
What are core competencies
True or False: An employee with an active workers' compensation claim may also qualify for FMLA.
What is TRUE?
FMLA covers time off work for a serious health condition, which may include injuries sustained during the normal scope of their duties while at work.
Managers must ensure timesheets are coded with WRKP for FMLA assessment.
Form that must be submitted to HR when an employee is in an unpaid leave status (absent of accommodations and FMLA).
Special Leave Request – Leave Without Pay (LWOP) - Form 70-275-A
True or False: The Department of Labor publishes a comprehensive list of covered illness that qualify an individual for protection under the FMLA.
What is False?
The License Practitioner Statement, medical notes, work status reports, and employee details are used to determine if the condition is qualifying.
When an employee informs their employer (or when the disability is visible) of a need for a modification to the work or workplace environment and the employer does not review, provide accommodations, or alternatives, as required through the "interactive process."
What is "failure to accommodate" and "failure to engage in the interactive process" EEOC charge?
*by state, such Texas Workforce Commission.
Ratings on a performance appraisal that must be reviewed by HR prior to issuance
What is "does not meet" evaluation
# of EAP sessions granted each rolling calendar year
what is "6 sessions"
True of False: The leave type should not be coded (e.g., sick leave, etc.) UNTIL the FMLA ID/email designation is sent out as "Approved" by FMLA Coord.
What is FALSE?
The FMLA ID is for tracking purposes only and is NOT a paid leave type. Failure to code timesheets promptly could result in an employee getting overpaid.
These types of employees must share the amount of FMLA leave they receive for the birth of a child.
What is married couples at the same agency?
Work functions that CAN be swapped or eliminated as a reasonable accommodation
What are marginal functions?
TRUE or FALSE An employee should not be disciplined during the interactive process for something that may be medically-related
What is TRUE
Texas agency that administers workers' compensation for state agencies.
The agency may terminate the employment relationship at any time and for any reason, except an illegal reason.
What is "an at-will employer"?
Agency policy outlines the standard disciplinary process. Each situation is assessed through variety of factors (severity, etc.).