FAMILY RELATED ISSUES

Family Related Issues

Family Related Issues

Answer # 1

Under Family and Medical Leave Act, if a parent had acted as a parent to an employee when he was a child, a parent is defined as the biological parent of the employee. However, the parents who did not care literally for the biological child has no resolve with reference to leave the child should be granted to take care of the biological parent. However, the employee is not eligible to take a leave of more than twelve work weeks in a year to take care for a parent, spouse or child. On a rolling basis, this period is calculated backwards since the time the employees first uses FMLA leave. Despite of parental distance between Tony and his father, he was determined to take a leave to take care of his father who was ill. Herman does not have the right to deny Tony to leave his last opportunity to live with his father. Although Herman supported Tony to take care of the father, his tone changed when Tony asked for a leave. In this situation, Herman has violated the rules of FMLA and refused to grant leaves to Tony. Moreover, he also threatened Tony to get unemployed if he took a leave (DOL, 2009).

Answer # 2

The employees who are employed with a company that has more than 50 employees within 75 miles are eligible for FMLA. During the conversation with Herman, Tony pointed out that the company had more than 50 employees. However, it was stated by Herman that a company should have a staff of 50 who lives within 75 miles for a business to be eligible for FMLA. The employees can be full-time, part-time and temporary during the current and the past year. Companies, that fulfill or, exceed these ...