The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Employee Relations

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Placing an Employee on FMLA:

(1) Determine if employee is eligible: Has the employee worked for the State of Texas at least one year and 1250 hours within the previous 12 months. If eligible, proceed; if not, notify employee that he/she is not eligible.

(2) If the employee provides the Request for FMLA form and Certification of Physician or Practitioner form , give employee the appropriate FMLA letter placing the employee on FMLA.

(3) If an employee has not provided the Request for FMLA form and Certification of Health Care Provider form, provide the employee with the forms and appropriate letter, placing the employee on FMLA pending receipt of the Certification.

Overview (Steps 1-3

Employee completes request for FMLA form and submits Certification of Health Care Provider to Supervisor.
Upon receipt of both forms, supervisor sends written acknowledgement of FMLA coverage to the employee.
If employee does not return the Certification of Health Care Provider for by the deadline, send the employee(immediately;within two days), send letter to the employee notifying him/her that she/he has forfeited FMLA protection.

(4). Upon release from health care provider, employee returns to work with Certification of Fitness for Duty form. Note:The Certification of Fitness for Duty form includes, the employee's job description and should be given to the employee with the written acknowledgement letter.

Annual Security Report: UTHSC-H's Annual Security Report is available electronically at
http://www.mdanderson.org/pdf/crime-awareness-brochure-2006-2007-update.pdf

The report contains information on campus crime statistics and security measures. Paper copies are provided by request. Contact The University of Texas Police Department at 713.792.2890 to obtain a paper copy of this report.