Strict Enforcement of Attendance Procedures May Create Liability for Employers under FMLA

Posted on March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 by 21cpw

By Robert Meyer – March 28, 2017 Many employers include in their attendance policies a specific procedure by which employees must “call-in” to report an absence from work. Such policies typically impose disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, when an employee fails to follow the employer’s procedure or is otherwise a “no-call,…

Employer Rejects Employee’s Fitness for Duty Certification, Faces FMLA Liability

Posted on September 15, 2014September 15, 2014 by 21cpw

The story is for all you hunt and peck typists out there. But its message is a lesson for all employers when it comes to returning your employee from FMLA leave. Vanessa worked for Reading Hospital as a credentialing assistant, a position that required her to be typing approximately 60 percent of the time. After…