Question:
does your employer let you put in medical leave papers for surgery?

   — latreshar (posted on May 14, 2008)

May 14, 2008
Yes. I met with my HR disability rep. She was helpful. Since I just was approved, I need to go back and give her my operation info. She will then do the filing for me. You should go ASAP before your surgery since it takes time to set it up. So, WLS meets the criteria for short term disability.
   — ohbearly

May 14, 2008
I was able to use FMLA and STD disability. It depends on if your company has it based the company size. However, as long as it is for health reasons, it should be. Check with your HR FMLA person.
   — tayee24

May 14, 2008
If you have been at your job for at least 12 months and have worked at least 1250 hours, you should qualify for FMLA. Meaning your job is protected for up to 12 weeks. However, this time does not always have to be paid, each company is different. If you have enough sick and/or vacation time to cover your time out then of course it would be paid. As long as the proper documentation is submitted in a timely manner than they should approve you. It's best to talk to HR before you go out to see if any particular forms need to be filled out prior to going out for surgery. Some doctors do require fees for filing out forms so just be warned. Even if you don't qualify for FMLA if you have Short Term Disability, then they should cover your period of being out. Again each company has it's own rules about using different things, sometimes, STD kicks in after all sick time has been exhausted, which if you have enough sick time accrued the STD is useless unless you have major surgery keeping you out 6 weeks or more.
   — Carrie S.

May 14, 2008
Check with the Human Resource person at your work she/he should beable to tell you what you need to do to get medical leave. I work in education and have a 10 month position, however my medical leave insurance covers me for 12 months and I will be able to get coverage when I have surgery in June and get payment eventhough I'm not working. Good Luck. Lisa
   — ldillabough

May 15, 2008
yes they do. just submitted mine this morning. or you could always have your surgeons office fax them over for you.
   — leese

May 15, 2008
Yes, I had to file FMLA papers with the HR rep.
   — gonnadoit