"[T]he U.S. Department of Labor issued a 16-page FMLA guide that the DOL says is 'designed to answer common FMLA questions and clarify who can take FMLA leave and what protections the FMLA provides.' Entitled 'Need Time? The Employee's Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act,' the Guide apparently was created out of DOL's belief that 'too many workers don't know about their rights under the FMLA and fail to take advantage of its protections' ... [T]he Guide primarily is meant to answer 'common' questions about the FMLA, so it leaves unanswered all of the issues that continue to frustrate employers in their administration of the FMLA. However,... in a fairly plain-spoken manner, it impresses upon employees the obligations they have under the FMLA to cooperate with their employer when they need FMLA leave and what will be expected of them during this process."  MORE >>