I feel like a good bit of people don’t understand how FMLA works
I actually dont know how FMLA works and have been corrected, apologies lol.
An FMLA violation would be dependent on if the FMLA claim was even opened which usually falls on an insurance agency not your company. You can’t violate something that hasn’t happened yet, right? A request for time off is not the same as using time available on an intermittent or continuous FMLA claim. No one has an intermittent claim for medical leave in case they are shot and hit by a truck lol
So even in a normal circumstance of not being shot say you’re taking care of an individual at home. You open an FMLA claim. But you still have to call off. You try and call off but it’s denied because Ricky the dick from packaging is already off. Well you’re obviously not going in so you get points either through an automated process or a supervisor with no spine that won’t exercise discretion in the name of floor coverage. In the meantime you call your insurance agency responsible for your company’s FMLA claim handling and they process your claim. Once your claim is approved by a case manager and supporting documents then your points go away and you can choose to consume paid time off or have excused unpaid absences and any point accumulated from this leave is negated.
This tweet was captured on 1/3/25. Today is 1/4/25. Claims do not process this quickly to have the potential of being violated.
No. Your insurance company doesn’t have to file an FMLA claim. You request the forms from HR and then your physician(s) complete the paperwork. Insurance has nothing to do with it. You may be confusing FMLA with long or short term disability insurance. FMLA is unpaid leave for family/medical reasons. Short or long term disability insurance would pay part of your wages for a medical leave. It is completely separate from filing for the FMLA leave which is what was denied by Amazon.
FMLA is a federal and state right. It protects your job for situations like this. If it’s denied the job is no longer protected. I deal with it all the time.
I feel like a good bit of people don’t understand how FMLA worksI actually dont know how FMLA works and have been corrected, apologies lol.
An FMLA violation would be dependent on if the FMLA claim was even opened which usually falls on an insurance agency not your company. You can’t violate something that hasn’t happened yet, right? A request for time off is not the same as using time available on an intermittent or continuous FMLA claim. No one has an intermittent claim for medical leave in case they are shot and hit by a truck lol
So even in a normal circumstance of not being shot say you’re taking care of an individual at home. You open an FMLA claim. But you still have to call off. You try and call off but it’s denied because Ricky the dick from packaging is already off. Well you’re obviously not going in so you get points either through an automated process or a supervisor with no spine that won’t exercise discretion in the name of floor coverage. In the meantime you call your insurance agency responsible for your company’s FMLA claim handling and they process your claim. Once your claim is approved by a case manager and supporting documents then your points go away and you can choose to consume paid time off or have excused unpaid absences and any point accumulated from this leave is negated.
This tweet was captured on 1/3/25. Today is 1/4/25. Claims do not process this quickly to have the potential of being violated.
No. Your insurance company doesn’t have to file an FMLA claim. You request the forms from HR and then your physician(s) complete the paperwork. Insurance has nothing to do with it. You may be confusing FMLA with long or short term disability insurance. FMLA is unpaid leave for family/medical reasons. Short or long term disability insurance would pay part of your wages for a medical leave. It is completely separate from filing for the FMLA leave which is what was denied by Amazon.
talk about me being confidently incorrect huh? i definitely confused the two.
Don’t feel bad, if they wanted people to use it they’d have made it easy to use.
FMLA is a federal and state right. It protects your job for situations like this. If it’s denied the job is no longer protected. I deal with it all the time.