"Handling employees' FMLA requests is complicated, but finding solid guidance -- quickly -- doesn't have to be. In this just-updated resource, federal leave expert Barbara Haga provides straightforward explanations of FMLA regulations and how to apply them to your employees' situations. Incorporating the updated definition of "spouse" and differences in health care provider for Title I and Title II, more than 270 Q&As spell out: What constitutes a serious health condition under FMLA How to compute FMLA leave for service members and their caregivers When advanced sick leave for new parents can be substituted for FMLA LWOP When it's OK to contact the employee's health care provider Which paid leave can be substituted for FMLA leave without pay How to address suspected leave abuse Includes a memo to accompany WH-380 forms to doctors and a chart illustrating differences in how family members are defined in FMLA, sick leave and leave transfer regulations."--Amazon.com.

Table of questions -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. Some basics -- ch. 2. Serious health conditions -- ch. 3. Requests for FMLA leave -- ch. 4. Medical certification -- ch. 5. Intermittent use of FMLA leave -- ch. 6. Substitution of paid leave for unpaid FMLA leave -- ch. 7. Additional requirements -- ch. 8. FMLA and other HR programs -- ch. 9. MSPB, EEOC, FLRA, and the courts on FMLA -- ch. 10. Military-related FMLA -- ch. 11. Title I -- APPENDICES : A. Additional resources on the web -- B. WH-380 memo -- C. Table of cases -- D. A side-by-side comparison of FMLA's 2 major titles -- E. Federal register issuances : Interim family and medical leave regulations : July 23, 1993 (58FR 39596) -- Final family and medical leave regulations : Dec. 5, 1996 (61 FR 43325) -- Proposed family and medical leave regulations : Aug. 13, 1998 (63 FR 43325) -- Final family and medical leave regulations : May 8, 2000 (65 FR 26483) -- Proposed FMLA regulations on servicemember care : Aug. 26, 2009 (74 FR 43064) -- Proposed FMLA regulations on qualifying exigencies : Nov. 19, 2010 (75 FR 70845) -- Final FMLA regulations on qualifying exigencies : Sept. 30, 2011 (76 FR 60701) -- Proposed FMLA regulations on definition of spouse : June 23, 2014 (79 FR 35497).