Employers can require employees to use available paid leave concurrently with FMLA leave, but they cannot extend leave for administrative convenience or shield employees from layoffs that would have occurred regardless of the leave.

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Under the FMLA

Question 15

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Under the FMLA:

A) employers may require that any paid leave available to an employee be used and counted toward an employee's FMLA leave
B) employers may require that the employee stay on leave longer than they need if it satisfies an administrative purpose or convenience for the employer
C) employers may contact the employee at home by phone or e-mail with company question but cannot require the employee to physically come to the premises
D) during a valid leave, the employee is protected or shielded from layoffs or termination that would have occurred anyway

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