...Running Header: Video Assignment Family Related Issues Strayer University Professor Whitney Davis, Esq. LEG 500 29 January 2012 Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. No, it does not matter if the parent was in the employee's life as long as it is the employee's parent then they are able to use FMLA. The type of relationship or lack thereof between a child and their biological parent has no bearing on whether an employee is eligible for FMLA. An employee can ask to use FMLA to care for a family member (whether they had nothing to do with them), for their own physical or mental health care and after the birth or adoption of a child. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides an entitlement of up to 12 weeks of job protected and unpaid leave during any 12 month period to eligible covered employees and employers must grant eligible employees this right. Explain whether the size of the business can have any effect on whether Tony is eligible for Family Leave under the FMLA. Yes, but not in the way Herman describes. Herman is trying to use business necessity as a reason to keep Tony from taking a family leave to help his ill father. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) applies to a company if there are over 50 employees within 75 miles of the worksite, and at least 50 of the employees’ work...
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...Assignment #2 – Family Related Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance – LEG 500 May, 2011 1. Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. Under the Family and medical Leave Act (FMLA), a child can take care of their biological parent. This is even true even if that parent literally had nothing to do with the child growing up. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides an entitlement of up to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave during any 12-month period to eligible, covered employees for the following reasons: 1) birth and care of the eligible employee's child, or placement for adoption or foster care of a child with the employee; 2) care of an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent) who has a serious health condition; or 3) care of the employee's own serious health condition. It also requires that employee's group health benefits be maintained during the leave. The FMLA is administered by the Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division within the U.S. Department of Labor (www.dol.gov). 2. Explain whether the size of the business can have any effect on whether Tony is eligible for family leave under the FMLA. The Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) applies to your company if you employ over 50 employees within 75 miles of the worksite, and at least 50 of your employees...
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...ASSIGNMENT #2 – FAMILY RELATED ISSUES LEGAL 500 Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides an entitlement of up to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave during any 12-month period to eligible, covered employees for the following reasons: 1) birth and care of the eligible employee's child, or placement for adoption or foster care of a child with the employee; 2) care of an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent) who has a serious health condition; or 3) care of the employee's own serious health condition. It also requires that employee's group health benefits be maintained during the leave. The FMLA is administered by the Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division within the U.S. Department of Labor. Application of the FMLA can also be impacted by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (COBRA), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Parents not literally caring for the biological child has no resolve as to whether the child should be granted leave to care for the biological parent. Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) do not place stipulations on granting leave for a parent based...
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...Family Related Issues Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. Families in America today look different than they did in the past. The families of today have changed complexion, changed composition, and changed expectations, but not matter what the change is within a family, its function in our society remains the same. The function of a family is to provide for and nurture the development of future generations. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) also allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave to care for a spouse, child, or parent with a serious health condition. According to the FMLA statute, a “parent” is any person who is the biological parent of the employee or who stands, or stood, in loco parentis (in place of the parent) to the employee when the employee was a child. A person is considered “in loco parentis” if he has day-to-day responsibilities to care for and financially support a child, or in the case of an employee, who had this type of responsibility for the employee when the employee was a child. A biological or legal relationship is not necessary. Parents-in-law, however, are not included within the meaning of “parent.” (Michelle’s Law (Public Law 110-381), 2009) Explain whether the size of the business can have any effect on whether Tony is eligible for family leave under...
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...Abstract The Family and Medical Leave Act is administered by the Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division within the U.S. Department of Labor. The FMLA allows an employee to take up to 12 weeks of job- protected leave within a 12 month period for the following reasons: (a) birth of a new baby or placement of an adopted or foster child; (b) care of an immediate family member with a serious health condition. Immediate family members are to include spouse, parent, and children; (c) care of the employee’s own serious health condition. Are dead beat parents entitled to these privileges? The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on February 5, 1993. The federal law became effective August 5, 1993 and revised with an effective date of January 16, 2009. The FMLA was once again amended by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2010 (www.dop.nv.gov). The amendment by the NDAA expanded FMLA coverage to those eligible employees with family members enlisted in the Regular Armed Forces and coverage for “military caregiver leave” to eligible personnel who are immediately related to certain veterans with a serious injury or illness (www.wagehour.dol.gov). Explain if it matter that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. Per the Family and Medical Leave Act, an employee...
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...2, Family Related Issues Instructor Theresa Dike Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance – LEG500 May 1, 2011 1. Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. The way that the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is written, it does not specify whether or not a biological parent participated in the upbringing of the child or not. The definition of a parent is broad for the purpose of FMLA use. A parent is defined as a biological parent, adoptive parent, step parent, foster parent or an individual who assumed duties as your parent. An individual that assumes duties as your parent is called “loco parentis”. If an employee is trying to take leave for his or her loco parentis they may be required to provide documentation of the relationship. In this case Tony has asked to take leave to move his father from the nursing home to his apartment. According to FMLA the parent must be qualified as having a “serious illness” In my opinion moving his parent of the nursing home isn’t a qualifying event according to FMLA standards. Regardless, the answer to the question is, no it doesn’t matter if the biological parent had anything to do with the biological child for the child to take advantage of FMLA. 2. Explain whether the size of the business can have any effect on whether Tony is eligible for family leave under the FMLA. ...
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...Family Related Issues: Family and Medical Leave Act Carolyn Dodge Professor Eric Baime, JD MBA Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance LEG500009016*201102 January 29, 2011 Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (hereinafter FMLA) provides an ethical basis for human resource decisions involving conflicts between an employer’s interest in having an employee at work to pursue the organization’s needs and an employee’s need to be away from work to attend to serious family needs that include the serious health condition of the employee, a family member, or the addition of a new child to the employee’s family. If that child resides in the home of the caregiver such as that parent is providing care or guardianship even if that child is not their biological child, then yes, they would be entitled to the Family and Medical Leave Act to care for that child. They would have to show proof of court documents stating that they are the legal guardian of the child. The FMLA encourages employers to view employees who adopt children or act as foster parents of children as parents with equal rights to leave as employees who are biological parents. Explain whether the size of the business can have any effect on whether...
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...child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent? It does not matter if the Tony’s father was in his life or not. He is still Tony’s biological father and he has every right to take care of him. According to the FMLA act The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides an entitlement of up to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave during any 12-month period to eligible, covered employees for the following reasons: 1) birth and care of the eligible employee's child, or placement for adoption or foster care of a child with the employee; 2) care of an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent) who has a serious health condition; or 3) care of the employee's own serious health condition. (DOL, 2010) Question 2. Explain whether the size of the business can have any effect on whether Tony is eligible for family leave under the FMLA? The size of a company does matter when it comes to the Family and Medical Leave Act. Small independent owned companies or businesses with less than 50 employees do not qualify for the FMLA act. This law applies to all public agencies, all public and private elementary and secondary schools, and companies with 50 or more employees (that’s how many employees BG Motors employs). Employees are eligible for leave if they have worked for their employer at least 12 months, at least 1,250 hours over the past 12 months. An employee must follow certain procedures in order to take FMLA leave. If the employee knows in...
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...FAMILY RELATED ISSUES: FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT Family Related Issues: Family Medical Leave Act The Family and Medical Leave Act was passed by congress and signed by President Clinton in 1993. The Act was established because there was no low that dismissed ill or injured workers who missed too many days at work without termination. Based on the information found on the United States Department of Labor website, the FMLA provides an entitlement of up to 12 weeks of job-related unpaid leave during any 12 month eligibility period. The FMLA covers employees, for 1) birth and care of the eligible employees child or placement of a child in foster or adoptive care 2) care of an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent etc.) who has a serious health condition or 3) to care for an employee’s own serious health condition (Solis, Updated 2010). I. Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. Code § 825.122 (b) Parent. Parent means a biological, adoptive, step or foster father or mother, or any other individual who stood in loco parentis to the employee when the employee was a son or daughter as defined in paragraph (c) of this section. This term does not include parents “in law. Based on the description of a parent in the above code, Mr. Sulka had every right to take family leave to care for his elderly father when he comes...
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...October 30, 2011 Family and Medical Leave Act Dr. Caldoroda Family Related Issues 1. Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. Under FMLA a parent is defined as the biological parent of an employee or an individual who acted as a parent to an employee when she or he was a child. Parents not literally caring for the biological child has no resolve as to whether the child should be granted leave to care for the biological parent. An employee has the right to take a leave to take care for spouse or domestic partner, child or parent, child or parent with a serious health condition, need not take leave continuously so long as the leave does not exceed a total of twelve work weeks during the twelve month period. The twelve work week period is measured backward on a rolling basis from the date when an employee first uses any FMLA leave. Even though there is a parental distance between Tony and his dad, he was determined to care for his ill father. This does not give Herman the right to deny him his last opportunity to have a father son relationship. Herman was supporting Tony in his decision to care for his sick father, until he advised that a leave would be needed. Upon the discussion Herman violated the FMLA exceptional and special rules, he refused to offer Tony intermittent or reduced health leave or alter means...
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...Family Related Issues: Balewa Sample Roreita Walker Law and Ethics in the Business Environment July 23 2011 Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. It does not matter if the parent had nothing to do with the biological child. The employee can still take advantage of the Family and Medical leave Act. The law interpretation of parent is as follows (7) PARENT.--The term "parent" means the biological parent of an employee or an individual who stood in loco parentis to an employee when the employee was a son or daughter. (FMLA) by the interpretation I would say it does not matter how much time the biological parent spent with the child or if he or she was actively involved, the child still has a legitimate claim for leave to take care of that parent. There has to be a clear definition of the word parent, if not it would open the door for Employers to have...
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...Family Related Issues by Darryl Mitchell Professor Kenneth Pino Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance – LEG 500 July 23, 2011 1. Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. Whether a parent had nothing to do with a biological child have nothing to do with the child being eligible for FMLA to care for that parent and it shouldn’t matter. Regardless of the relationship between a parent and child, the child would fall under the FMLA and would be able to care for the parent. Under FMLA, an employee can care for a parent if they have a serious health issue. Even though the video never stated what the issue is, since the father will be having surgery that would fall under a reasonable explanation for the employee to take the leave. A parent can be either a biological parent or someone who stood in place of a parent in raising a child. It never states anything about the type of relationship a parent needs to have with the child. Since he is actually the biological child he would fall under the FMLA and would be able to care for the parent. 2. Explain whether the size of the business can have any effect on whether Tony is eligible for family leave under the FMLA. The size of the business can have an effect on whether Tony is eligible for family leave under the FMLA but not in the way Herman describes...
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...Family Related Issues LEG500 October 28, 2011 1. Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides an entitlement of up to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave during any 12-month period to eligible, covered employees for the following reasons: 1) birth and care of the eligible employee's child, or placement for adoption or foster care of a child with the employee; 2) care of an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent) who has a serious health condition; or 3) care of the employee's own serious health condition. It also requires that employee's group health benefits be maintained during the leave. The FMLA is administered by the Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division within the U.S. Department of Labor. With this being the law of who is covered and who the employee may take FMLA Leave to care for shows that yes Tony may take leave for up to twelve weeks to care for his father. The law does not state that parent had to have sole custody or that they had to have a significant role in their child’s upbringing and life. 2. Explain whether the size of the business can have any effect on whether Tony is eligible for family leave under the FMLA. The federal FMLA only covers a specific set of employers. Public agencies, including state...
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...biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. It does not matter if the parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. The FMLA does not specify whether or not the member of your family had to be active in the employee’s life as a child or not. What is clarified in the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is that it must be for the care of an immediate family member (spouse, child or parent) who has a serious health condition (www.osrllg.com). In this case this is Tony’s biological father; the discrepancy was that he wasn’t a part of Tony’s life when he was growing up. Tony’s father is still considered his biological father whether he played a part in rearing Tony or not. If this was Tony’s stepfather or uncle it may still be considered immediate family, it’s up to the employer to decide on who’s considered immediate or not. An employee’s spouse, children (son or daughter), and parents are immediate family members for purposes of FMLA (www.fmlaonline.com). There have been cases where an employee has been approved for FMLA to take care of aunts, uncles and god parents and children if they have power of attorney or if they are considered a guardian. In order to get FMLA approved for someone that is not considered immediate family, it would have to be indicated that, that person played a role...
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...Assignment #2 – Family Related Issues Dr. Rodgers Law and Ethics – LEG 500 July 29th, 2011 Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. Family dynamics plays an important on various roles in our day to day lives as well as our careers. Every family has their own ways of deciding who has the power and authority within the family unit, and which rights, privileges, obligations, and roles are assigned to each family member. However not all families are structured in this matter. In this case study, an employee Tony who is employed at an Auto car dealership informed his boss that his father is ill and needed surgery. Tony stated to his boss Herman that he would like to take a leave of absent to care for his terminal father; Tony also disclosed to his boss the non existing father/son relationship to Herman who told Tony that he could lose his job if he decided to take a leave of absent. The family and medical leave act established to help employees keep their benefits and jobs attending to family and serious medical issues. The Family and Medical Leave Act (1993) states that, a parent is either the biological parent or the person who acted as the parent when the employee was a child. A son or daughter is either biological, adopted, under foster care, a stepchild, a legal ward, or any child that the employee is assuming parenting...
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