randomguy128
Junior Member
My wife put in an FMLA request over a month ago. Her employer told her 2 weeks after she put in that they had her papers and a decision to approve or deny was pending. Now, 2 weeks after that, they can not find her paperwork and still have not approved or denied her FMLA request. Since then, my wife has had to go to work while feeling ill because she is close to being fired under her employer's attendance policy and was unable to use her intermitten leave for her condition. My questions are: 1) What is the length of time an employer has to respond to such a request? 2) What is my wife's recourse when her HR department will not give her an answer? 3) What is my wife's recourse for having to continue to work through her condition because her employer's failure to respond to her FMLA request 5 weeks prior?