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- Jurisdiction
- Michigan
A friend of mine has been off work with FMLA for eight weeks. The company requires a fit to work exam with their Occupational Health doctor. This doctor has recommended that she work no more than 20 hours per week for at least two weeks, pending a recheck with the Occupational Health doctor. This was her first week returning to work. She was scheduled to work over the 20 hour allotment recommend by the doctor. She works twelve hour shifts and was mandated 4 hours over both of those shifts. When she called and spoke with her supervisor about the doctor recommendation, she was told that they wanted her to return tonight to work yet another twelve hour shift. This will be above and beyond the recommendation. Is this a legal practice, for a company to go against their Occupational Health doctor? Are their fit to work laws in Michigan? Would this violate her FMLA?