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Posted by: kris_martin692

I have been with ATT for a year now. THe exact date would be May 23rd. My mother is in the hospital with kidney problems(transplant). Anyways, long story short, there are alot of complications and i would like to be there with my family, however, i was told i could not start FMLA until you are 1 yr exactly into your employment with the compnay. I am a week and a couple days away. Anyone have any similar problems like this? How did you work around it?

Posted by: Splork

Take PTO???

Posted by: SuxBeingU

thats a BS policy. are you sure thats HRs policy or your managers? doesn't sound reasonable to me. MY OPINION go be with mom F the job you can get another job, once mom is gone shes gone you can't replace mom.

Good Luck

If you're in So Cal I'll get you a job after her issues are resolved.

Posted by: Wiggum

1 year is standard. more than likely that is what the government set forth.

it sucks in this situation but you need standards. If he/she is only 10 days away and you grant it, what about the person who is 11 days? where do you draw the line?

Posted by: aj&t

There is also an hour requirement to FMLA eligibility... It's like XXXX Hours Worked OR 1 Year of continuous service. Check into that, if you work overtime sometimes you might be at the hour requirement. If not, then you are pretty much S.O.L, thats at&t HR for you.

Posted by: lowegg

It's a year of employement or 1250 hours...

Take PTO!!!!!!

Posted by: kris_martin692

Thanks for the replies everyone, ya i know i know about PTO. Of course sometimes you want to use those days for something you have planned. I did not have this planned at all. Anyways PTO is the way i am going to go, I understand the whole year thing so aww well. I guess that is ATT HR for you.

Posted by: aj&t

1250 hours equates to working 24/25 hours a week for a full year, I would check into this if I were you.

Posted by: kris_martin692

ok, thanks for that tip. Do you know where i could find the whole 1250 hour thing? Is it in the union handbook?

Posted by: funky_kracka

I checked into the hour requirement. From what i was told it is 1 yr of employment AND 1250 hours to take FMLA

Posted by: classylady78

It is one year of employment (doesn't have t be continuous) and 1250 hours worked within a year. For instance, I am a rehire. I worked for the company for 9 months when I left, after 3 months I wouldn't be eligible for FMLA because I needed 1250 hours, which is approximately 6 months full time. So you need both, but the 1 year doesn't have to be continuous.

Also, FMLA is not paid time off...it is just time off, so if you want to get paid you would have to use up your PTO anyway, so there really isn't use the fmla to save your vacation time...Does that make sense?

Posted by: kris_martin692

hmm thats odd. I read the union book and i thought i read different. I thought u get paid for FMLA. Infact my manager was telling me that you do, you get 75% of your base and commission. They base this off your previous 3 months of commission and hourly pay? Does that sound correct?

Posted by: Wiggum

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Originally Posted by kris_martin692

hmm thats odd. I read the union book and i thought i read different. I thought u get paid for FMLA. Infact my manager was telling me that you do, you get 75% of your base and commission. They base this off your previous 3 months of commission and hourly pay? Does that sound correct?

no, that is not correct.

your manager may have been referring to short term disability. you are not paid for FMLA.

FMLA is the Family and Medical Leave Act. It's federal law for companies with X amount of employees. It's basically job protection. If you are ill or need to take care of a family member and a Dr. can certify you, you are eligible for up to 12 UNPAID weeks of leave a year (rolling calendar). You can use PTO time to cover to ensure you get paid, at least as management level employees you can.

Posted by: k.heiner

dol.gov/ shows you the written laws for fmla. And you can be denied even after 12 months of service, or 1250 hours.

It is unpaid leave in our case; unless you FMLA out of a partially taken shift. We have 2 abusers of the system in our store that are unknowingly finding a way to collect unemployment.

Posted by: kris_martin692

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Originally Posted by Wiggum

Ok thanks for clearing everything up for me. She must have been referring to short term disability. Thanks for everyones help.