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Employee out on FMLA leave: OK to contact for info on urgent matters

09/10/2015

Employers aren’t allowed to pester employees to work during FMLA leave. Requiring the employee to work from home to complete assignments, for example, may amount to interference with the right to take FMLA leave. But not every contact or request is enough to support a lawsuit.

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