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Savannahmann

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23. No it doesn't.

Sun Feb 9, 2014, 10:39 AM

Feb 2014

All it requires is a finding by your medical provider, and obviously a special needs child has one. Then they fill out a total of four pages of forms.

It won't protect her from unlimited time off, it doesn't provide for that. But one day yes, six weeks, you betcha. How about twelve weeks of time off a year? That sounds really high doesn't it?

http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/

Not so much. Had this woman gotten those forms filled out by the doctor of her son, she would not be fired today, they would be unable to fire her if she had called in and told them it was FMLA, they could do nothing.

OF course, that depends on how your Doctor fills out the forms. But most do put in that the care of the child may require the caregiver to miss work.

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