Legal Question in Medical Leave in Oklahoma

Re: FMLA Medical Certification and Religion

I believe the employer has a right to require a substantiated serious health condition. If you can't substantiate, I don't know that your employer must provide you the leave based solely on your stated religious belief. The FMLA gives an employee a right to take medical leave; it also gives the employer the right to require reasonable documentation of the medical need. Where exactly that line is drawn in the scenario you describe, I'm not sure. I don't know whether it's been challenged or not. You may want to consider retaining an attorney to research and challenge it, if you want to push the issue.