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Intermittent Leaves: Can a Worker Take Leave to Assist in a Grandchild's Care?
August 2008
Can an employee take an intermittent leave to care for a dependent child (under age 18) who is giving birth and then take time to assist in the care of the grandchild for doctor's appointments and the like? . . . more

Family and Medical Leave: Can an Employee Use Intermittent FMLA Leave for Fertility Treatments?
July 2008
We have an employee who wants to use intermittent leave so she can receive fertility treatments. Do we have to let her do this? . . . more

You're the Expert
July 2008
We want to make our holiday policy more inclusive, and we're looking for another way to say that employees get "Christmas" and "Easter Sunday," etc., off. Any ideas? . . . more

Leaves: Can We Force Employees to Take Vacation During a Twice-Yearly Shutdown?
May 2008
We've been struggling with keeping production up because of employee vacations. So instead of trying to fight vacation schedules, we want to start shutting down for a week in December and again in July and making everyone take vacation during those weeks. Are there any laws about doing this or any problems that you foresee? How much notice do we have to give? How would we go about phasing this in? . . . more

Time Off: Can We Require Employees to Provide Documentation of the Need for Leave to Spend Time with a Military Spouse?
May 2008
If an employee requests time off because his or her spouse is deploying for military service, can I ask for documentation to serve as proof? . . . more

Domestic Partners: Do We Have to Give 'Kin Care' Leave to Domestic Partners?
April 2008
An increasing number of our employees are registering with domestic partners. Can an employee take kin care leave to spend time with his or her domestic partner? . . . more

Short Takes: School Functions
April 2008
Do we have to let people off work to attend their children's kindergarten functions? . . . more

Time Off: What Policies Do Most Organizations Set for Bereavement Leave?
February 2008
We've had a string of sad situations recently that have really tested our bereavement leave policy. We curre . . . more

Leave: Can We Change Our Policy to Limit Carryover of Accrued PTO Time?
October 2007
We thought managing PTO was going to be easy, but we've found some problems with carryover of PTO hours. We currently allow unlimited carryover, but that's going to cause some problems down the road (like three-month vacations). So we'd like to limit carryover. Is there a carryover rule? . . . more

Leave: Is It a Good Idea to Allow Gifting of PTO Time?
September 2007
Our PTO program wraps together all time off--sick leave, vacation, and personal time. Now we've had a suggestion that we allow "gifting" of PTO time; that is, permit workers with excess time to give it to a worker who, say, ran out of time and is dealing with an issue . . . more

Short Takes: FMLA
September 2007
Can an employee take FMLA leave to care for a domestic partner? . . . more

Employee Leave: What Do We Need to Know About Switching to PTO?
January 2006
We're considering moving to a Paid Time Off (PTO) program instead of our current separate bundles of vacation, sick time, and persona . . . more

Sample Bereavement Leave Policy and Employee Statement
February 2008
Here are both an example of a broad "bereavement allowance" policy--which doesn't specify that leave may only be taken for the death of an immediate family member--and a sample employee statement. . . . more

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