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> Even worse, they require employees to burn up all of their accrued PTO days before taking any unpaid FMLA time. everything else you mentioned seems pretty ba
by leetcrew 7y ago
> Even worse, they require employees to burn up all of their accrued PTO days before taking any unpaid FMLA time.
everything else you mentioned seems pretty bad, but what is so terrible about this? unless you are trying to keep your PTO buffer high so you can cash out on a higher salary when you leave, it doesn't seem to make much difference if you were going to need to take the unpaid leave anyway.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> everything else you mentioned seems pretty bad, but what is so terrible about this? Because PTO (or even pure sick leave) has less restrictive usage conditions than FMLA, it means that anyone who uses needs FMLA for a longer-term issue like a new child will also exhaust all the leave they have available for short-term personal or family illness or need for stress relief and be unable to use that until they have reaccrued it. This is a legal but extremely employee-hostile policy that contributes to bad working conditions for everyone (not just the employees that need FMLA.)
- organsnyder 7y agoYep. FMLA can't be used for a routine illness—only a "serious health condition"[1]. But it's better for everyone—especially vulnerable populations like hospital patients—for people with less-severe illnesses to stay home. A routine cold can be fatal for a person undergoing chemotherapy. [1] https://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/employeeguide.pdf https://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/employeeguide.pdf