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Generally, an employee who is paid on an hourly basis will not qualify as an exempt employee, and the HHA must pay overtime for any hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a workweek. In order to avoid liability for overtime, the HHA must pay the employee on a salary basis. While virtually all [...]

The employee must give the HHA at least 30 days notice if the need for leave is foreseeable, as in the case of a birth. If the need for leave is not foreseeable, the employee must give notice as soon as practicable. Where possible, the employee must make a reasonable effort not to unduly disrupt [...]

An employee may take FMLA leave in any type of arrangement that is practicable for the employee and the HHA. Leave may be taken all at once or in segments of weeks or days or even hours (segmented leave is referred to as intermittent or reduced schedule leave). For example, if chemotherapy is required three [...]

A serious health condition involves inpatient care and a period of condition-related incapacity or treatment. The incapacity or treatment must require an absence of more than three days from work, school, or other daily activities, and continuing or recurring treatment (two or more visits) by a health care provider. Short-term conditions are not included unless [...]

An employee may take leave for care of the employee’s new child (birth, adoption, or placement for foster care). Leave for this purpose must be taken within 12 months of the birth or placement of the child. Both male and female employees may take leave for this reason. In addition, an expectant mother may take [...]

An HHA must continue an employee’s health insurance under the same conditions as if the employee were working. In this situation, the employee will still be required to pay his or her share of the premium if the plan provides for such copayments. If prior to the leave request the employer was paying the employee’s [...]

If the HHA has branches with less than 50 employees, these work sites are not covered, although the main office or other branches with more than 50 employees are still covered. If, however, the HHA has a total of 50 or more employees within 75 miles of a smaller work site, then the HHA must [...]

The primary purpose of requiring CONs is to apply the results of the “health planning” process to ensure adequate availability of health care services. During a health planning process, a state assesses the needs of its population and identifies the resources available to meet those needs. The health planning process allows the state to provide [...]

The HHA submits an application to the department, arranges for an inspection, and pays the fee required in the statute. The application must provide the following information before it can be approved: • documentation evidencing that the applicant has adequate financial resources to provide the services it is applying to provide during the term of [...]