First off, hello to anyone who might remember me. I hadn't been on the LegalWorkplace forums in a long time, but was sad to see that they were closing them, but glad to see that you all found a new home I could follow you to.
My company has gone through two asset sales in the past 7 months and we have gone from 300 employees in 9 locations to about 25 now in 1. Luckily the acquiring companies hired almost everyone and the latest is even reopening some stores we closed before, but as you can imagine this is quite a big change for those of us who are left with the original company and we have to learn lots of new ways of being a small business. I myself, having previously been Payroll & Benefits, am also taking over all of HR, Risk, Safety, Payables (which I did before I did Payroll, tho it's been like 15 years), and who knows what else...
So the first thing I am looking into is FMLA. It appears to me that the company itself will still be considered a Covered Employer for another year, but now none of the employees will be eligible due to the 50 employees within 75 miles requirement. Does that sound right? It just seems a bit weird to be covered, but not have to do anything, unless I am totally misunderstanding. We are in OR, and I have not started researching the OFLA part of this equation yet.
Thanks for any help! I am sure I will have many more to come.
Mindy
My company has gone through two asset sales in the past 7 months and we have gone from 300 employees in 9 locations to about 25 now in 1. Luckily the acquiring companies hired almost everyone and the latest is even reopening some stores we closed before, but as you can imagine this is quite a big change for those of us who are left with the original company and we have to learn lots of new ways of being a small business. I myself, having previously been Payroll & Benefits, am also taking over all of HR, Risk, Safety, Payables (which I did before I did Payroll, tho it's been like 15 years), and who knows what else...
So the first thing I am looking into is FMLA. It appears to me that the company itself will still be considered a Covered Employer for another year, but now none of the employees will be eligible due to the 50 employees within 75 miles requirement. Does that sound right? It just seems a bit weird to be covered, but not have to do anything, unless I am totally misunderstanding. We are in OR, and I have not started researching the OFLA part of this equation yet.
Thanks for any help! I am sure I will have many more to come.
Mindy
