Documentation is critical to warding off trouble when dealing with Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requests, according to employment law attorney Stacie L. Caraway, who led a session on FMLA at the October Advanced Employment Issues Symposium (AEIS) in Nashville, Tennessee.
Caraway names two critical points. First, don’t let doctors leave blanks or write “unknown” when better information is available. The second point deals with how to make sure the forms from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) work with the employer’s policies.
Watch Caraway’s interview at AEIS
Caraway is a frequent contributor to Tennessee Employment Law Letter and a member in the Chattanooga office of Miller & Martin PLLC