FMLA Update

Ok, so great news! I actually got a call back from the US Dept of Labor this morning. He said it's entirely up to me. I just can't come back before the 6 weeks the doctor says. I got his DIRECT LINE and gave the info to my HR person.

She called him and got the correct information and called me to her office. I got a new approval form saying up to 12 weeks. She apologized and thanked me for looking into it. She told me that she has been to 2 HR seminars this year run by labor attorneys and both said what she originally told me
(that I could only take what the doctor said). So she's mass emailing her network of HR professionals with the correct information.

Yay!!