Hello, I am a current hcsc employee and I have been on FMLA the past 2 years. Here lately I have been hearing and seeing some concerning things surrounding my fellow coworkers with FMLA as well. I have purposed lawsuits at this time. Most of them have exhausted all other avenues. The concerning things are such as, having an RN come in and speak to a coworker on her fmla and tell her to grow up, another losing their wfh exception for care of her dying spouse, another having their claims pulled to see her daughters claims and medical information , not allowing FMLA people the same things non FMLA people get, like I have been "talked to" about my unscheduled FMLA is being counted against me for my unscheduled time of because I was sick, and they encouraged me to falsify my FMLA reporting. I have watched managers call FMLA and try to discuss details of coworkers FMLA and hr has done nothing to these managers after reporting it. At this point fighting for months going through all the proper channels has gotten none of us anywhere. I have proposed to gather everyone who has FMLA and has been through similar things to speak up and trying to get enough people and evidence to get a class action going. I dont care about the money, I care that they are going after FMLA people, disregarding federal law and making up their own rules and they aren't listening. The only way to make them listen is to hit them where it hurts and that is in their pocket. So if anyone else is going through similar things let me know. See about maybe connecting somehow outside of this and go from there. I have a few people so far but the more the merrier and im sick of watching good people getting burned by a company who thinks they are above the law.
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@jp It's three possibilities: 1) sh---y budget bots; 2) people who don't fully understand English; or 3) people specially-trained in the art of strategic ignoring and gaslighting.
Who is on the so called transition team?
@ah there are intermittent FMLA scenarios where this could be the case (X hrs a week for therapy, for example). You don't get some kind of extra pay - you're either getting PTO, some form of disability if it's a block of time (% of salary), or going unpaid - but it is supposedly protected by law in any case. I personally was impacted so not sure how "protected" I feel right now, but also not feeling the energy to get into a mud slinging match with these je-ks...as it seems like that's what they do in these situations. I have a couple of job opportunities so I'm hoping one of those pans out and I can just move on from this sh-tshow.
You better read the new laws on FMLA through the Trump administration! You are currently not receiving pay, if you have been on FMLA as long as you say.
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