The Colorado Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance program
The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), enacted on August 5, 1993, provides twelve weeks of covered leave within a 12-month period for eligible employees. Despite providing job protection and continuation of group health insurance, if applicable, being approved for FMLA...
Disabled and Unable to Work – Paid Leave Integration
When an incident prevents an individual from working, what follows is a series of events involving various entities, including employers, insurance carriers, and physicians. As the individual navigates the road before them, they will soon realize there is rarely a...
Identifying key differences in covered leave
There is no universally accepted definition of covered leave. Across the United States, what constituents a “covered leave” varies at each level, starting at the federal government and trickling down to individual employers. While coverage may overlap at each level,...