"Personal Business" day question

[59 Dano]

I understand what you are saying. I'm just letting you know, for family health issues, there is. You just have to point out fmla and company policy. If your management tries to deny it, call hr.

You can't just say "FMLA" and go about your business. The FMLA coordinator has to approve the leave as FMLA-compliant. Not all leave is.

Nolimitz said that his wife was in the hospital. In that case, the FMLA coverage would probably be denied (should use sick days, if any). If he needs to take off to help her recuperate, it would probably be approved.

 

[59 Dano]

Since we have 2 Personal business days given to us every year....
What are the rules about using them? Specifically, how much notice do we have to give ahead of using / needing them?

Rule of thumb here is that most all of them are granted if they are requested with 3 or more days of notice.

 

[MAKAVELI]

You can't just say "FMLA" and go about your business. The FMLA coordinator has to approve the leave as FMLA-compliant. Not all leave is.

Nolimitz said that his wife was in the hospital. In that case, the FMLA coverage would probably be denied (should use sick days, if any). If he needs to take off to help her recuperate, it would probably be approved.

Dano, you are an idiot. Fmla is specifically for this purpose. FedEx cannot deny fmla for a family member in a emergency situation.
http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/fmla-faqs.htm

) What type of notice must I provide to my employer when taking FMLA leave because of a qualifying exigency?

An employee must provide notice of the need for qualifying exigency leave as soon as practicable. For example, if an employee receives notice of a family support program a week in advance of the event, it should be practicable for the employee to provide notice to his or her employer of the need for qualifying exigency leave the same day or the next business day. When the need for leave is unforeseeable, an employee must comply with an employer’s normal call-in procedures absent unusual circumstances.

An employee does not need to specifically assert his or her rights under FMLA, or even mention FMLA, when providing notice. The employee must provide “sufficient information” to make the employer aware of the need for FMLA leave and the anticipated timing and duration of the leave.

 

[59 Dano]

Dano, you are an idiot. Fmla is specifically for this purpose. FedEx cannot deny fmla for a family member in a emergency situation.
http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/fmla-faqs.htm

) What type of notice must I provide to my employer when taking FMLA leave because of a qualifying exigency?

An employee must provide notice of the need for qualifying exigency leave as soon as practicable. For example, if an employee receives notice of a family support program a week in advance of the event, it should be practicable for the employee to provide notice to his or her employer of the need for qualifying exigency leave the same day or the next business day. When the need for leave is unforeseeable, an employee must comply with an employer’s normal call-in procedures absent unusual circumstances.

An employee does not need to specifically assert his or her rights under FMLA, or even mention FMLA, when providing notice. The employee must provide “sufficient information” to make the employer aware of the need for FMLA leave and the anticipated timing and duration of the leave.

Hey dummy, see that word "qualifying"? Why don't you go find out what that means and get back to us, 'K?

 

[MAKAVELI]

Hey dummy, see that word "qualifying"? Why don't you go find out what that means and get back to us, 'K?

Hey jackass, a wife in the hospital is qualifying. Why don't you look up FMLA and find out what that means?

 

[Mr. 7]

So, answers are all over the map.
To clarify, I am in CA. At our sta. we sch. all PB and floaters in our last round of vaca. bidding. So, normally, they are all scheduled.

I know a guy that needed to take his 2 PB days and gave at least a month's notice but, was denied because "too many" people were already scheduled off. Well, once bidding is done, practically the whole year is full anyways.

I don't know what he needed the days off for but, it wasn't for something stupid.

 

[59 Dano]

Hey jackass, a wife in the hospital is qualifying. Why don't you look up FMLA and find out what that means?

Already have. I was hoping you would do the same because, "I think it should mean that" just doesn't cut it.

 

[59 Dano]

So, answers are all over the map.
To clarify, I am in CA. At our sta. we sch. all PB and floaters in our last round of vaca. bidding. So, normally, they are all scheduled.

I know a guy that needed to take his 2 PB days and gave at least a month's notice but, was denied because "too many" people were already scheduled off. Well, once bidding is done, practically the whole year is full anyways.

That problem arises here occasionally but with a month's notice there's usually a way to accommodate the request, depending on who needs the day off, of course

 

[Rhoderunner]

So, answers are all over the map.
To clarify, I am in CA. At our sta. we sch. all PB and floaters in our last round of vaca. bidding. So, normally, they are all scheduled.

I know a guy that needed to take his 2 PB days and gave at least a month's notice but, was denied because "too many" people were already scheduled off. Well, once bidding is done, practically the whole year is full anyways.

I don't know what he needed the days off for but, it wasn't for something stupid.

We do the same, book em during bidding and they also have been denied because "the day is full". But as most places the butt kissers/favorites always seem to get what they need/want !!

 

[MrFedEx]

That problem arises here occasionally but with a month's notice there's usually a way to accommodate the request, depending on who needs the day off, of course

All at the whim of the company? This reeks of them "allowing" it if it doesn't inconvenience FedEx operationally. Sorry, Shill-Boy, but that isn't the way the law works. As usual, always on Fred's terms, or that's how you'd like it.

 

[Mr. 7]

Thanks to all for the replies.
I was hoping for some sort of quote from the purple people manual. I have no idea how to access that thing.

 

[dezguy]

Thanks to all for the replies.
I was hoping for some sort of quote from the purple people manual. I have no idea how to access that thing.

The people manual is locked away in a temperature controlled vault and can only be accessed by written request by those of only the highest authority. FedEx copied their access rules from those of the Vatican.

 

[Operational needs]

Thanks to all for the replies.
I was hoping for some sort of quote from the purple people manual. I have no idea how to access that thing.

Get on the computer at work. Go to the fedex home page. Near the top, in "keyword" field, type in Policy. You will have to look around to find what you need. They don't make it easy, but it IS there, accessible.