{"id":46005,"date":"2020-01-02T12:51:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T18:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3381727-fork.findlaw5.flsitebuilder.com\/medical-leave-fmla\/"},"modified":"2024-09-12T12:39:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T12:39:08","slug":"medical-leave-fmla","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/harcourtcompany.com\/Hayward\/medical-leave-fmla\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Leave (FMLA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Care For Yourself Or Loved Ones With Medical Leave<\/h1>\n<p>If you or a family member has a serious medical condition, treatment and recovery become your priority. Therefore, you might need to take a temporary leave of absence from work. Many Kentucky employees have legal protection under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in this scenario.<\/p>\n<p>Our employment law attorneys at Hayward and Hayward, recognize that you are facing a difficult situation. We will help you understand whether you can take a medical leave \u2013 and protect your job in the meantime.<\/p>\n<h2>Your Rights Under FMLA<\/h2>\n<p>If your job and the reason for leave qualify under FMLA, our lawyers can explain your rights, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your leave can last up to 12 weeks within a calendar year.<\/li>\n<li>You do not have to provide detailed medical records to your employer.<\/li>\n<li>You can keep your health insurance.<\/li>\n<li>You can choose to use paid leave in addition to FMLA leave.<\/li>\n<li>You can return to your job after the leave, and your employer cannot <a href=\"\/wrongful-termination\/\">fire you<\/a>, demote you or <a href=\"\/retaliation\/\">retaliate against you<\/a> due to your FMLA leave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FMLA leave is not only for sudden illnesses like cancer or unexpected car accident injuries. Workers can also apply for a family or medical leave for pregnancy, military-related matters and chronic illnesses. Although FMLA absences are unpaid, the main benefit of this leave is that you can protect your job while focusing on personal matters.<\/p>\n<h2>We Are Here To Protect You<\/h2>\n<p>We can lift the burden of communicating with your employer from your shoulders. If your employer denies your leave request when you are eligible for FMLA, we can fight back.<\/p>\n<p>Our Louisville lawyers can also represent you if you <a href=\"\/discrimination\/\">face discrimination <\/a>or other employment issues upon returning to work. Whenever an employer violates your rights, we are prepared to take your side.<\/p>\n<h2>Call Us For Prompt Support<\/h2>\n<p>It is relatively common to run into problems when seeking FMLA leave. We know that you have bigger concerns on your mind, so we are ready to resolve the legal details.<\/p>\n<p>Hayward and Hayward, can offer a second opinion and legal guidance. Contact us <a href=\"\/contact\/\">through email<\/a> or call\u00a0<a href=\"tel:5022955555\">502-295-5555<\/a> for a consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Care For Yourself Or Loved Ones With Medical Leave If you or a family member has a serious medical condition, treatment and recovery become your priority. Therefore, you might need to take a temporary leave of absence from work. Many Kentucky employees have legal protection under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-46005","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harcourtcompany.com\/Hayward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harcourtcompany.com\/Hayward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harcourtcompany.com\/Hayward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harcourtcompany.com\/Hayward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harcourtcompany.com\/Hayward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/harcourtcompany.com\/Hayward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47074,"href":"https:\/\/harcourtcompany.com\/Hayward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46005\/revisions\/47074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harcourtcompany.com\/Hayward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}