SPELL OUT FAMILY LEAVE CALCULATION METHOD.In its e-newsletter, Labor Law labor law, legislation dealing with human beings in their capacity as workers or wage earners. The Industrial Revolution, by introducing the machine and factory production, greatly expanded the class of workers dependent on wages as their source of income. Extra, the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Chamber of Commerce reported that, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, employers must notify employees about what method they use to calculate the 12-month period during which employees can take 12 work weeks of federal family leave. They also reported that employees who do not receive clear notice of the calculation method can choose whichever method provides them the most family leave time. The CalChamber suggests the following strategy to help comply with the requirement: * Review your FMLA FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 FMLA Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance policy. Make sure it is very clear which method you use to calculate FMLA leave. * If your policy is vague, choose a calculation method, revise your policy and distribute it to all employees. The calculation method you choose will become effective 60 days after you notify employees. Until then, the method that is most beneficial to each particular employee will apply. * If you subsequently change your calculation method, you must provide employees with at least 60-days' notice before implementing the change. The transition must take place in such a way that the employees retain the full benefit of 12 weeks of leave under whichever method affords the employee the greatest benefit. |
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