I have exceeded my 12 weeks of FMLA (so my job protection rights have ended) but am still on short term disability. My manager has informed me that they are finding someone else to fill my position and when my medical leave ends I’ll be on job search leave and will need to apply for a new internal role. In the event I cannot find a new position in the company, will I be paid severance?
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Ask Lincoln financial about ADA leave. It’s generally unpaid and can kick in after FMLA expires. But, it requires your manager to sign off on it. If they approve then you get additional protection.
WF offers 16 weeks for childcare, likely the confusion.
@ah+ you or your coworker can google it - FMLA protection is 12 weeks not 16
FMLA job protection = guaranteed to return to same or similar job (if it still exists - you can be displaced on FMLA if the position is eliminated)
will you get severance once FMLA expires and you are placed in job search status? the answer is "it depends". it depends on when you are ready to come back to work, and what happens during your job search once you do. there are a lot of possible if-then combinations between those two things, so it is possible but not certain that you will get severance depending on the specific circumstances when you are ready to work again.
@OP Why do you deserve severance? You have been living off of un-earned money this long and now when that runs out, you want more "free" money. Grow up and get a job and actually work for a living.
(sigh) STD = short term disability. But thanks for the great seventh grade humor.
@a9
I got an STD twice from your mom.
It is supposed to be 16 weeks, one of my co-worker is starting Monday and he's less that a year.
You can be laid off on FMLA, it offers no job protection from layoffs.
you should call HR.
Unless there is a fireable offense, you should be given 28 weeks.
@a3 14 years.
How long have you been with the company?