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WillowTree

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5. It isn't covered by FMLA if the absence isn't due to caring for the child because he's sick.

Reply to Savannahmann (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 9, 2014, 01:26 PM

Feb 2014

As I said on the other thread, just because the kid is special needs does not automatically make her absence to be with him medically required. And in this case, she wasn't staying home with him because he was ill, it was because the schools were closed and she couldn't find a babysitter. Not the same thing, and not covered by FMLA.

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FMLA is here to help and protect you [View all] Savannahmann Feb 2014 OP

How does that cover the parent in the referenced thread? TransitJohn Feb 2014 #1

If the Mother had FMLA... Savannahmann Feb 2014 #2

It isn't covered by FMLA if the absence isn't due to caring for the child because he's sick. WillowTree Feb 2014 #5

Special Needs Savannahmann Feb 2014 #6

One more time....... WillowTree Feb 2014 #8

That's a pretty shitty post and smear of a DUer TransitJohn Feb 2014 #9

Had this mother filed the appropriate FMLA paperwork with her employer regarding her child kcass1954 Feb 2014 #4

To be qualified for FMLA you've had to work there 12 months and 1,250 hours. n/t tammywammy Feb 2014 #3

That might exclude her. Savannahmann Feb 2014 #7