"Any employer may receive requests for leaves related to Hurricane Harvey and the employer does not need to be in the vicinity of Houston as national guard and other first responders are being called upon to assist and employees may have relatives in the areas hit by Hurricane Harvey.... [E]mployers need to remember there are benefit continuation and benefit resumption requirements under both [FMLA and USERRA] as well as implications for when COBRA continuation coverage must be offered."

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