Legal Question in Medical Leave in New York

I work in a Physicians office and was asked to fill out FMLA papers for one our our patient's daughters who is not a patient of ours but took time off while he was ill and for his death. Shouldn't her physician fill out those forms?�


Asked on 12/07/09, 11:41 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Locksley Wade Law Office of Locksley O. Wade

The FMLA covers leave for the care for an immediate family member (spouse, child, or parent) with a serious health condition. Therefore, she is entitled to such a leave and her late father's physician is "doing the right thing."

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Answered on 12/12/09, 9:38 pm


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