Employees cannot opt out of FMLA leave.

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Some organizations allow employees to exhaust their paid leave before starting the clock on the workers' 12 weeks of unpaid FMLA leave. However, the FMLA clock must begin at the same time as paid leave begins, the U.S. Department of Labor says in a new opinion letter. (FMLA2019-A)

The DOL said that neither employees nor employers can decline to designate FMLA-qualifying leave as such. That means employees cannot...

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