Has anyone else had problems with their FMLA request? I am more than a little frustrated today. My surgery is scheduled for Jan 14th and I submitted my FMLA paperwork on November 30th , as soon as I received a date. I hadn't heard anything from my HR yet so I finally emailed them yesterday and they are now saying my surgeon did not give them enough information because he only certified that I am having surgery and the dates I need to be off of work for the surgery. They state he must tell them the exact surgery I am having and my medical diagnosis. So now I am going to have to scramble and get an updated form from my doctor's office. I also don't feel it should be any of their business to get an exact diagnosis or surgery. My MD is certifying on the form that it is a serious medical condition with treatment, that should be enough! Did anyone else have issues getting their FMLA approved?

FMLA is just a federal mandate that protects your employment when you need to take time off for medical care for yourself or a family member. It does not address whether or not the time will be paid. At my employer, they require you to apply for FMLA if you will need to be off for 3 or more days, regardless of whether or not you are using benefits ( sick, vacation, std). I do have std but our benefits don't kick in until after 21 days off, so unfortunately, I won't be off long enough for it to kick in

Maybe one of the HR folks can chime in. I was told FMLA is to protect your job in the event you need a medical leave but it is completely separate from pay. I will be using my sick/vacation time for pay.

It's my understanding Fmla is if you need more time off after sick vacation pay is used?

Many companies require you to run fmla and pto concurrently. It kind of protects the employer from someone who has lots of pto, runs it out THEN wants to use fmla. My job is one people can accumulate LOTS of pto, so we make people use fmla and pto concurrently.

I'm actually not looking to use my pto or payment. I would prefer to save it and use FMLA. I didn't hear I had to use all my pto first before Fmla. Good question to ask.

My job mandates the use of sick time with fmla. Vacation time is optional.

I'm actually not looking to use my pto or payment. I would prefer to save it and use FMLA. I didn't hear I had to use all my pto first before Fmla. Good question to ask.

My job mandates the use of sick time with fmla. Vacation time is optional.

I spoke to HR today and they said I would be filing disability first.

So I will need to use my sick time. I'll see if I have to use my Pto after that. If that is the case, I don't want to burn mine up. I may just go back to work after a week.

I'll keep y'all posted how it goes

Thank you all for your input

Edited January 9, 201610 yr by IrishGermanRN

I'm actually not looking to use my pto or payment. I would prefer to save it and use FMLA. I didn't hear I had to use all my pto first before Fmla. Good question to ask.

My job mandates the use of sick time with fmla. Vacation time is optional.

My sick time and vacation is all combined.