About the Author Richard D. Alaniz is a partner at Alaniz Law & Associates, PLLC, a labor and employment firm based in Houston. He has been at the forefront of labor and employment law for over forty years, including stints with the U.S. Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board. Rick is a prolific writer on labor and employment law and conducts frequent seminars to client companies and trade associations across the country. Questions about this article, or requests to subscribe to receive Rick’s monthly articles, can be addressed to Rick at (281) 381- 2210 or
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able to use either or both federal and state leave if they qualify.
Similar to
the ADA, these leave laws can create demanding issues for management. They can range from such questions as what notice of a need for leave must an employee provide, to what may an employer require of an employee out on state or federal leave? The fact that at the federal level at least, the leave may be taken intermittently merely compounds the issues. Since there are penalties for failure to promptly respond to an employee leave request, supervisors,
who are usually the first employee contact, should know what constitutes a request for leave. Few supervisors have received training on the potential risks for not fully complying with available leave laws.
Managers and supervisors on a daily basis function where the laws mentioned above, as well as others such as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and similar state laws interact with employee matters-the shop floor. As noted, how they respond to these matters
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when they arise can mean the difference between business as usual and potential legal difficulties. To minimize the risk of liability does not require that they become shop floor lawyers. Rather, they should have a basic understanding of the more significant employer obligations imposed by these laws.
employers to provide supervisors and managers the information necessary to protect the company in today’s heavily regulated workplace is a sure way to court costly legal claims.
Failure of
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