By Barbara Haga

With the FMLA’s latest changes plus new guidance to implement them, this practical guide should be your first stop every time an employee requests leave. Renowned federal leave expert Barbara Haga translates the law’s complex provisions into straightforward language, and then uses real-world scenarios to show you how to apply the law to your employees’ situations.

Be sure you’re making decisions based on the current state of the law regarding employees’ and agencies’ rights and responsibilities, with the latest insights into:

• Leave for new parents
• How FMLA interacts with discipline and performance actions based on excessive leave, unacceptable performance and other issues
• What your agency may do when it believes a medical document is not genuine or was altered
• Plus more!

Also new … handy tools including a sample memorandum to inform employees what is required to qualify for a serious health condition, and an at-a-glance chart detailing the provision of FMLA notice requirements.