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    Supervisors Learn Ins, Outs of FMLA

    FMLA Notes

    Photo By Zachary Mott | Civilian and Soldier supervisors from across the Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, community...... read more read more

    FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

    02.15.2017

    Story by Zachary Mott 

    88th Readiness Division

    FORT McCOY, Wisconsin (Feb. 16, 2016) – Understanding what is and is not covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act was the focus of training provided to 88th Regional Support Command and other Fort McCoy-area supervisors Feb. 15.
    The daylong class focused on how the program is managed as well as case studies of when FMLA was both properly and improperly enforced.
    “It’s important to know what is available for our people that we’re charged with providing the best possible means of helping them out,” said Debra Dalton, the Resource Management director for the 88th RSC.
    As a program, FMLA covers employees of public agencies, public and private elementary and secondary schools as well as companies with 50 or more employees. According to the Department of Labor website, FMLA entitles those employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year for the birth and care of a newborn child; placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care; to care for an immediate family member (spouse, child, or parent) with a serious health condition; or to take medical leave when the employee is unable to work because of a serious health condition.
    But, as Dr. David Wetzel, who was the instructor for this FMLA session, cautioned, “FMLA training is because a lot of people don’t understand it, even people who are administering it.
    “It’s one of the more complex issues within HR and it’s becoming a lot bigger deal as people start having work/life issues. A lot of them don’t realize that it’s available to them as a benefit.”
    Wetzel is part of SkillPath and he travels around the country providing training on the FMLA program for various organizations. During his day here, he guided more than 50 supervisors and human resources officials through the minutia of the program so they would better be able to administer and apply the program within their sections.
    “People wouldn’t be on FMLA if they didn’t have to be,” he said. “They’re on FMLA because they need it and it’s important that we treat them well.”
    More information about the FMLA program is available through the Department of Labor (www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/) or via your local human resources office.

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    Date Taken: 02.15.2017
    Date Posted: 02.16.2017 11:34
    Story ID: 223796
    Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US

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