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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

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

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: Sick Time Overtime
April 2007
If a nonexempt employee is sick one day of the week but works some extra hours and is paid for more than 45 hours that . . . more

Health and Wellness: We Have a "Presenteeism" Problem; Can We Send Sick Employees Home?
March 2007
We sometimes have employees who appear to be sick. We say, hey, maybe you should go home for the rest of the day. They say, oh, no, I . . . more

Absences: When Exempt Employees Exhaust Their Sick Leave but Don't Return to Work, What Should We Do?
July 2006
We're having some problems with our sick leave policy. When people get to the end of their sick leave and have to stay out sick, what . . . more

Employee Fraud: What Can We Do with an Employee Who Lied About Having Cancer?
February 2008
We have an employee who told us she had cancer and went on leave. Her co-workers stepped up to help get all . . . more

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