2005 CFR Title 29, Volume 3

Title 29--Labor CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PART 825--THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993
	825.100	What is the Family and Medical Leave Act?
	825.101	What is the purpose of the Act?
	825.102	When was the Act effective?
	825.103	How did the Act affect leave in progress on, or taken before, the effective date of the Act?
	825.104	What employers are covered by the Act?
	825.105	In determining whether an employer is covered by FMLA, what does it mean to employ 50 or more employees for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or preceding calendar year?
	825.106	How is ``joint employment'' treated under FMLA?
	825.107	What is meant by ``successor in interest''?
	825.108	What is a ``public agency''?
	825.109	Are Federal agencies covered by these regulations?
	825.110	Which employees are ``eligible'' to take leave under FMLA?
	825.111	In determining if an employee is ``eligible'' under FMLA, how is the determination made whether the employer employs 50 employees within 75 miles of the worksite where the employee needing leave is employed?
	825.112	Under what kinds of circumstances are employers required to grant family or medical leave?
	825.113	What do ``spouse,'' ``parent,'' and ``son or daughter'' mean for purposes of an employee qualifying to take FMLA leave?
	825.114	What is a ``serious health condition'' entitling an employee to FMLA leave?
	825.115	What does it mean that ``the employee is unable to perform the functions of the position of the employee''?
	825.116	What does it mean that an employee is ``needed to care for'' a family member?
	825.117	For an employee seeking intermittent FMLA leave or leave on a reduced leave schedule, what is meant by ``the medical necessity for'' such leave?
	825.118	What is a ``health care provider''?
	825.200	How much leave may an employee take?
	825.201	If leave is taken for the birth of a child, or for placement of a child for adoption or foster care, when must the leave be concluded?
	825.202	How much leave may a husband and wife take if they are employed by the same employer?
	825.203	Does FMLA leave have to be taken all at once, or can it be taken in parts?
	825.204	May an employer transfer an employee to an ``alternative position'' in order to accommodate intermittent leave or a reduced leave schedule?
	825.205	How does one determine the amount of leave used where an employee takes leave intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule?
	825.206	May an employer deduct hourly amounts from an employee's salary, when providing unpaid leave under FMLA, without affecting the employee's qualification for exemption as an executive, administrative, or professional employee, or when utilizing the fluctuating workweek method for payment of overtime, under the Fair Labor Standards Act?
	825.207	Is FMLA leave paid or unpaid?
	825.208	Under what circumstances may an employer designate leave, paid or unpaid, as FMLA leave and, as a result, count it against the employee's total FMLA leave entitlement?
	825.209	Is an employee entitled to benefits while using FMLA leave?
	825.210	How may employees on FMLA leave pay their share of group health benefit premiums?
	825.211	What special health benefits maintenance rules apply to multi-employer health plans?
	825.212	What are the consequences of an employee's failure to make timely health plan premium payments?
	825.213	May an employer recover costs it incurred for maintaining ``group health plan'' or other non-health benefits coverage during FMLA leave?
	825.214	What are an employee's rights on returning to work from FMLA leave?
	825.215	What is an equivalent position?
	825.216	Are there any limitations on an employer's obligation to reinstate an employee?
	825.217	What is a ``key employee''?
	825.218	What does ``substantial and grievous economic injury'' mean?
	825.219	What are the rights of a key employee?
	825.220	How are employees protected who request leave or otherwise assert FMLA rights?
	825.300	What posting requirements does the Act place on employers?
	825.301	What other notices to employees are required of employers under the FMLA?
	825.302	What notice does an employee have to give an employer when the need for FMLA leave is foreseeable?
	825.303	What are the requirements for an employee to furnish notice to an employer where the need for FMLA leave is not foreseeable?
	825.304	What recourse do employers have if employees fail to provide the required notice?
	825.305	When must an employee provide medical certification to support FMLA leave?
	825.306	How much information may be required in medical certifications of a serious health condition?
	825.307	What may an employer do if it questions the adequacy of a medical certification?
	825.308	Under what circumstances may an employer request subsequent recertifications of medical conditions?
	825.309	What notice may an employer require regarding an employee's intent to return to work?
	825.310	Under what circumstances may an employer require that an employee submit a medical certification that the employee is able (or unable) to return to work (i.e., a ``fitness-for-duty'' report)?
	825.311	What happens if an employee fails to satisfy the medical certification and/or recertification requirements?
	825.312	Under what circumstances may a covered employer refuse to provide FMLA leave or reinstatement to eligible employees?
	825.400	What can employees do who believe that their rights under FMLA have been violated?
	825.401	Where may an employee file a complaint of FMLA violations with the Federal government?
	825.402	How is an employer notified of a violation of the posting requirement?
	825.403	How may an employer appeal the assessment of a penalty for willful violation of the posting requirement?
	825.404	What are the consequences of an employer not paying the penalty assessment after a final order is issued?
	825.500	What records must an employer keep to comply with the FMLA?
	825.600	To whom do the special rules apply?
	825.601	What limitations apply to the taking of intermittent leave or leave on a reduced leave schedule?
	825.602	What limitations apply to the taking of leave near the end of an academic term?
	825.603	Is all leave taken during ``periods of a particular duration'' counted against the FMLA leave entitlement?
	825.604	What special rules apply to restoration to ``an equivalent position?''
	825.700	What if an employer provides more generous benefits than required by FMLA?
	825.701	Do State laws providing family and medical leave still apply?
	825.702	How does FMLA affect Federal and State anti-discrimination laws?
	825.800	Definitions.