After you notify your employer and gather the documents needed, start your application process: Create or log into your account. Access your account. Fill out the online application. Access your account. Upload your documents. Application checklist.
Notify Your Employer: Notify your employer in writing or verbally of your need for FMLA leave. While immediate notice is not always possible, FMLA generally requires 30 days' advance notice. Submit Required Forms and Documentation: Complete any FMLA leave request forms provided by your employer.
To be eligible for FMLA in Oregon, an employee must work for a company with 50 or more employees within a 75-mile radius, have been employed for at least 12 months, and have worked at least 1,250 hours during the 12 months prior to the start of the leave.
“Serious health condition” is defined under FMLA and OFLA as an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves either an overnight stay in a medical care facility, or continuing treatment by a health care provider for a condition that either prevents the employee from performing the ...
FMLA is a federal law providing for an unpaid period of “protected absence” of up to 12 weeks, or up to 26 weeks for Military Caregiver Leave, in a twelve-month period for a qualifying event (see FMLA Fact Sheet for more qualifications).
The FMLA Leave Process Step 1: You must notify your employer when you know you need leave. Step 2: Your employer must notify you whether you are eligible for FMLA leave within five business days. Step 3: Provide a completed certification to your employer.
Eligibility Notice, form WH-381 – informs the employee of his or her eligibility for FMLA leave or at least one reason why the employee is not eligible.
Please be advised that I hereby request an FMLA leave for a period of (number of weeks) in connection with my serious health condition. The leave is to start on (date). Attached is my medical note reflecting the need for FMLA leave. Please let me know whether you approve this leave at your earliest convenience.
Eligible employees have the right to use up to 12 workweeks of FMLA leave in a 12-month period, and up to 26 workweeks of leave in a single 12-month period for military caregiver leave. The employee's actual workweek is the basis for determining the employee's FMLA leave entitlement.
Administrators may choose to deliver Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) information, including the FMLA packet, reminder notices, etc., to an employee's email address, provided the employee agrees beforehand to receive information electronically.