Human resources

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Memo to Regional Vice President of Administration

Currently there are three administrative situations requiring immediate attention by the human resources and law departments of Spendbig Credit Services. The following memo addresses this committee's assessment of the situation and recommendations:

Situation No. 1

In 1993 Congress passed The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The purpose of the act is to help balance demands of the workplace with the needs of family. Though single parent households were the primary motivation of the act, Congress broadened the base to cover some of the issues our nation's senior population is placing on working individuals. As modern medicine continues to lengthen life spans and the baby boomer generation enters their twilight years, business owners and HR directors must be ready to comply with the section of the act that covers caring for a parent or parents.

"An employer covered by FMLA is any person engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity effecting commerce, who employs 50 or more employees for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or preceding calendar year."

According to the scenario, Spendbig Credit Services is a multinational company involved in offering credit cards, insurance and travel services. Spendbig has multiple divisions and locations around the globe. The Spendbig telecommunications center in the scenario employees 2,000 people in that division alone. That information alone tells one that Spendbig must be prepared to comply with FMLA.

It must also determine if the employee, Franklin Coffee, is eligible to apply for leave under FMLA. The Act states that an employee is eligible to take leave under FMLA if he/she has been employed by the company for at least 12 months, has worked at least 1,250 hours during the 12 month period immediately preceding the...