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"?
This type of discipline action requires HR and Legal review and approval before delivery.
What is a SEC, Probation, terminations?
In most standard cases, anything that is considered "written discipline" must be retained in an employee's personnel file. Other relevant circumstances may also apply.
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?
When do so 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, and are essential when assessing workplace accommodation. Regular review and updates are necessary to ensure accuracy.
Whenever an employee transfers/change in reports-to, within 30 days, the former manager should complete WHAT last performance management function?
What is a close-out evaluation?
Whether internal to the division or within the agency, a close out evaluation must be completed for the period the employee reported to him/her. After 30 days, the prior employee's records will be dropped from his/her CAPPS Management Portal.
The most common workers' compensation incidents reported to the agency.
What are slips, trips, and falls?
When an employer punishes an employee for engaging in protected activity, such as advocating for protected rights under the law, or participating in workplace investigations.
What is "Retaliation"?
Reports of retaliation shall be reported to Human Resources/Workplace Investigator promptly.
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)?
True or False: Employers are required to assess an employee's request for a workplace modification (e.g.,increased telework) as a reasonable accommodation related to an eligible family member's disability, not their own.
What is FALSE?
While ADA/ADAAA applies to an employee's disability, FMLA provides job-protected leave for time off to care for an eligible family's serious health condition.
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 workplace injuries or illness. Both benefits may be used concurrently with one another.
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.
This communication method is used by management when communicating a potential need for an accommodation (or FMLA).
What is a "2-point" method.
To the employee and HR, or both.
Ratings on a performance appraisal that must be reviewed by HR prior to issuance.
What is "does not meet" evaluation?
What is the Employee Handbook?
Found on @cpa home page, under "Links."
True of False: Employee leave accruals (or LWOP) should not be coded in their timesheet UNTIL AFTER 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 a violation of misconduct.
What is FALSE?
Can ensure business standards and performance standards are maintained during this period, especially serious violations. Case-by-case basis.
Texas agency that administers workers' compensation for state agencies.
True or False: The agency has a 90-day probationary policy for all new hire employees.
What is FALSE?
The agency does not have a formal "90-day probation process" for newly hired employees. HR encourages progressive discpline; each situation is case-by-case.