Virginia Employment Lawyer and Social Security disability Attorney

Areas of Practice

Initial Consultations

If you would like to discuss your employment or disability related concerns, call 804-440-6557 to schedule an initial consultation. You will meet directly with attorney D. Scott Gordon for an extended evaluation of your issues, not an inexperienced paralegal.

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Family Medical Leave ("FMLA")

Overview

Under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), qualified employees are entitled to take up to 12 weeks of protected medical leave for a serious medical condition, pregnancy, or to care for an immediate family member with a serious medical condition.

FMLA is not to be confused with a paid leave policy. While employees may receive compensation by virtue of an employer’s sick leave or short term disability policies, the primary purpose of the FMLA is to ensure that the employer does not terminate or replace otherwise performing employees just because they suffer a temporary medical hardship.

Not every employee is entitled to FMLA. To be FMLA eligible, an employee must work for a company that employs at least 50 persons within a 75 mile radius of the worksite. Second, an employee must have worked for that company for at least one year and for at least 1250 hours before they can claim the FMLA leave protection.