The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

FMLA oversight errors can lead to significant legal liabilities and million-dollar settlements, making compliance a top priority for HR professionals. This comprehensive handbook serves as a strategic resource, demystifying coverage rules, eligibility requirements, and the complex overlap between federal and state leave laws.

By downloading this resource, you will learn:

• Eligibility & Entitlement Logic: Clarify the distinction between covered employers and eligible employees, including how to measure the "rolling" 12-month leave period.
• Intermittent & Military Leave: Master protocols for tracking unpredictable absences and understanding expanded entitlements for military caregivers.
• Documentation Best Practices: Access essential notice requirements, record-keeping standards, and strict timelines for medical certifications.
• Reinstatement Obligations: Ensure seamless return-to-work transitions by understanding your duties regarding equivalent positions and benefit continuity.

Unum is a leading provider of employee benefits that has, for over 180 years, been helping millions of people protect their families, their finances and their futures. We deliver better ways to access disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental and vision benefits through the workplace. Our award-winning leave and absence solutions help employers streamline absence management, while making it easy and engaging for employees to plan leaves, receive benefits and return to work smoothly.