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Essential Guide to Family & Medical Leave, The  (6th Edition) Spiral-Bound | June 29, 2021

Lisa Guerin, Deborah C. England

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HR professionals and managers agree: The FMLA is a difficult law to apply in the real world. This book, written by two employment law experts, explains how the law works step by step, including determining whether an employee is eligible, tracking leave, requesting medical certifications, reinstating employees, providing legally required notices, and much more. Filled with checklists, examples, forms, and problem-solving strategies, this book demystifies a complicated law, in Nolo’s trademark plain-English style.

What you need to know about the FMLA, whether your workers are on-site or remote

The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) helps employees balance the demands of work and family. But the law can be hard for employers to apply in the real world—especially when it comes to tracking intermittent leave, completing the proper paperwork, and determining eligibility for different types of leave.

This book has the answers—in plain English—to every employer’s tough questions about the FMLA. It provides detailed information, sample forms, and tools that will help you and your managers figure out:

  • who is eligible for leave
  • what types of leave are covered
  • how much leave employees may take, and
  • how to comply with notice and other paperwork requirements.

The 6th edition covers all of the latest changes to the FMLA, including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as changes to state family and medical leave laws.

With Downloadable Forms: download an FMLA policy, notice forms, certification forms, checklists, and more (details inside).

Publisher: Ingram Publisher Services
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 456 pages
ISBN-10: 1413328725
Item Weight: 1.5 lbs
Dimensions: 7.0 x 1.3 x 9.0 inches
Author comments The FMLA is a complex law, leaving most managers with more than a few questions about how to determine eligibility, track and apply leave, request documentation, and deal with benefits and reinstatement. Without a careful understanding of the law, even the most well-intentioned employer can find itself facing a lawsuit over an FMLA violation. This book explains these issues in plain English and covers some of the most common issues that managers are likely to face when receiving FMLA requests.

"Useful to everyone trying to comprehend the issues and follow the rules." Booklist

"Specialists in employment law, Guerin and England offer advice to employers and personnel officers on abiding by the US Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Their topics include an overview of family and medical leave, determining whether an employee is covered, leave for serious health condition, leave for a new child, how much time an employee can take, giving notice and designating leave, certification, managing an employee's leave, reinstatement, how other laws affect FMLA leave, and record-keeping requirements." Eithne O'Leyne, Editor Ringgold, Inc. ProtoView

"Essential Guide to Family and Medical Leave covers all of the latest changes to the FMLA, including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as changes to state family and medical leave laws. The book includes downloadable forms, including FMLA policy, notice forms, certification forms, and checklists." Savannah Jones, Editor, sirreadalot

Lisa Guerin is the author or co-author of several Nolo books, including The Manager's Legal Handbook, Dealing with Problem Employees, The Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws, Workplace Investigations, and Create Your Own Employee Handbook. Guerin has practiced employment law in government, public interest, and private practice where she represented clients at all levels of state and federal courts and in agency proceedings. She is a graduate of Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley.