Under the FMLA, only employers that have 50 or more employees within 75 miles of the company’s work site are required to provide FMLA leave to their employees. The requirement is commonly known as the “50/75 rule.” Can an employer that has fewer than 50 employees within 75 miles of the company’s work site willingly agree to provide its employees with FMLA rights and benefits? That situation recently occurred in Reaux v. Infohealth Management Corp.
A good deed punished: Voluntary FMLA leave can become a mandate
To continue reading this page, become an
HR Specialist Premium Plus member today!
HR Specialist Premium Plus member today!
Your subscription includes:
- Ask the Attorney: Answers to your HR legal questions
- Compliance Guidance: Access to 7,000 HR news articles, updated daily, sorted by state
- State-by-State: Summaries of HR laws in all 50 states
- Manager's Training Library: a treasure trove of printable training guides
- Memos to Managers for simple staff training
- The Hiring Toolkit: Job descriptions, interview questions & exemption tests for 200+ positions
- Webinar of the Week: Train instantly with recent recordings
- Sample Policies, Weekly Podcasts, Q&As and much, much more ...