California FMLA Regulation Consultant and Mediator

Northern California employers involved in conflicts with employees over employees’ leaves of absence often require the assistance of California FMLA consultant John Koss in San Francisco. To learn about conflict management training, employment mediation services, or co-counsel services available through Mr. John Koss, contact his San Francisco office through this Web site or by phone.

What is the FMLA?

Generally, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) requires employers of a certain size are required to allow a total of up to 12 work weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period for the following purposes:

• The birth of a son or daughter of the employee and the care of such son or daughter;
• The placement of a son or daughter with the employee for adoption or foster care;
• The care of spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the employee who has a serious health condition; or
• A serious health condition of the employee that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of his or her positions.

Conflicts Regarding Leaves of Absence

Employment conflicts regarding FMLA or other types of leaves of absence (such as leaves for military service) often arise when:

• Employers refuse to allow a particular leave of absence, or when;
• An employer does grant a leave of absence, but at the end of the leave, the employee’s job is no longer available due to outsourcing or downsizing; or
• An employer informs an employee after the leave of absence is completed that that employee has used up all vacation or sick time or both, without prior notification.

Designing Employee Benefits Plans to Prevent Future Conflicts

California FMLA consultant and mediator John Koss assists employers, multi-employer plans, and unions in the process of designing employee benefits plans to prevent such conflicts through the implementation of procedures of notification. He assists personnel offices through conflict management training designed to prevent the development of disputes in the future. For those who are already involved in ongoing controversies, he offers mediation and co-counsel legal services covering all aspects of FMLA regulation.

To schedule a consultation on regulations and guidelines related to employee absences with California FMLA consultant and mediator John Koss, contact his San Francisco mediation office through this Web site or by phone.