{"id":91,"date":"2025-09-05T15:21:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T22:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2026-06-27T10:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T17:20:34","slug":"employee-checklist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/fmla-and-pfml\/family-and-medical-leave-act-fmla\/employee-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee FMLA checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This page applies to all staff, academic personnel, and student employees.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FMLA process can be complex. You always have your <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/contact-us\/leave-specialists\/\">leave and accommodation specialist<\/a> as a resource for questions and guidance.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, here is a checklist to remind you of your responsibilities when it comes to FMLA leave:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submit a leave of absence request at least 30 days in advance (if possible)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Campus staff and academic personnel<\/strong>: use <a href=\"https:\/\/wd5.myworkday.com\/uw\/login.htmld\">Workday<\/a> to request FMLA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medical centers employees:<\/strong> contact your <a href=\"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/contact-us\/\">HR leave and accommodation specialist<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ask your healthcare provider to complete the medical certification form.<\/li>\n<li>Send your completed certification form to the email address on the form (not your manager).<\/li>\n<li>Ensure time offs (sick time off, unpaid time off, etc.) are entered for each day of your absence.<\/li>\n<li>Contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/contact-us\/\">Benefits Office<\/a> to discuss continuing your benefits while on leave.<\/li>\n<li>Contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/facilities\/transportation\/\">Transportation\u00a0Service<\/a>s to discuss discontinuing parking deductions from your paycheck while on an extended leave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A helpful checklist to remind you of your responsibilities when it comes to FMLA leave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":67,"menu_order":90,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-91","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}