This manual provides employers a guide through the complicated web of rules created by the law. It examines the key features of the FMLA, provides a sample medical certification form, fact sheet, as well as a drafting checklist for FMLA policies. It also provides a sample leave of absence request form that identifies eligibility employees and sample leave absence policies.

Among the subjects addressed in this publication are eligibility standards, insurance obligations, use of vacation and sick benefits, 12-month standard, exemptions, intermittent and reduced leaves, maximum leave rules, employee notification rules, mimimum service rules, reinstatement rights, benefits issues, medical certification rules and enforcement.