Base FMLA eligibility on date leave begins, not date employee requests it
Some employees—seeing their FMLA eligibility on the horizon—may ask for FMLA leave before they’ve actually hit the one-year and 1,250-hour eligibility milestones. That’s OK. Remember, employers can’t deny an employee’s FMLA request simply because it was made before the employee became eligible.
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