http://www.humanresourceblog.com/2007/10/18/ohio-fmla/ Where HR Professionals Seek Answers Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:17:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.humanresourceblog.com/2007/10/18/ohio-fmla/#comment-12482 Caitlin Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:50:15 +0000 http://www.humanresourceblog.com/2007/10/18/ohio-fmla/#comment-12482 Hi Windy! The FMLA regulations changed on January 16, 2009. Under the new rules, employees must follow the employers usual reporting procedures when they will be absent or tardy, even if the absence is FMLA. In your case, that would mean calling in by 7:30 am when you will be absent. Under the new regulations, an employee can be terminated for not reporting properly, even if the time is granted under FMLA. (The old regulations excused an employee from the usual call-in procedures, when the absence was FMLA.) One way to handle this is, if you take your medication at 3 am, call work and leave a message (or talk to someone on the night shift) immediately to let them know you will not be in the following day. HTH, and thanks for reading the blogs!~ Caitlin Hi Windy! The FMLA regulations changed on January 16, 2009. Under the new rules, employees must follow the employers usual reporting procedures when they will be absent or tardy, even if the absence is FMLA. In your case, that would mean calling in by 7:30 am when you will be absent. Under the new regulations, an employee can be terminated for not reporting properly, even if the time is granted under FMLA. (The old regulations excused an employee from the usual call-in procedures, when the absence was FMLA.)
One way to handle this is, if you take your medication at 3 am, call work and leave a message (or talk to someone on the night shift) immediately to let them know you will not be in the following day. HTH, and thanks for reading the blogs!~ Caitlin

]]> http://www.humanresourceblog.com/2007/10/18/ohio-fmla/#comment-12480 windy fugitt Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:50:21 +0000 http://www.humanresourceblog.com/2007/10/18/ohio-fmla/#comment-12480 i have had FMLA since 1996. I just had a prediciplinary meeting due to calling off late cause i got a headache around 3 and my medication is stadol 10mg nasal spray. At 8:46 am i woke up but i was suppose to call in by 7:30 am cause i have to call in a a hour before i am due to be at work. The warden ok'd me to use my FMLA for the time i clocked in at 8:46am to 4:30 but the hr and 16 min they diciplined me for and said fmla does not excuse tardiness unless you provide proper info to prove the side effect. i did that at my pre dis meeting: a bottle w/the type of medicine and a pamphlet of side affects and i guess that was not good enough for the warden. i was found guilty of improper call-in proceedures had to sign a last chance agreement if i miss or violate any attendance rules which means if that happens i can be removed or fired from my job but i don't know how they can deny my fmla when i had proof of the side affects i have had FMLA since 1996. I just had a prediciplinary meeting due to calling off late cause i got a headache around 3 and my medication is stadol 10mg nasal spray. At 8:46 am i woke up but i was suppose to call in by 7:30 am cause i have to call in a a hour before i am due to be at work. The warden ok’d me to use my FMLA for the time i clocked in at 8:46am to 4:30 but the hr and 16 min they diciplined me for and said fmla does not excuse tardiness unless you provide proper info to prove the side effect. i did that at my pre dis meeting: a bottle w/the type of medicine and a pamphlet of side affects and i guess that was not good enough for the warden. i was found guilty of improper call-in proceedures had to sign a last chance agreement if i miss or violate any attendance rules which means if that happens i can be removed or fired from my job but i don’t know how they can deny my fmla when i had proof of the side affects

]]> http://www.humanresourceblog.com/2007/10/18/ohio-fmla/#comment-424 FMLA law Family Medical Leave Act update » Blog Archive » FMLA law news Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:55:24 +0000 http://www.humanresourceblog.com/2007/10/18/ohio-fmla/#comment-424 [...] Ohio FMLA Law [...] […] Ohio FMLA Law […]

]]>