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Coordination of Leave Responsibilities Quiz


1. Employers may never refuse to reinstate employees returning from Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave.
True
False

2. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) covers former alcoholics who successfully completed rehabilitation — not current alcoholics.
True
False

3. Determination of ADA-covered disabilities has nothing to do with workers' compensation.
True
False

4. Because of the ADA, the FMLA's right to reinstate extends after the expiration of an employee's 12 weeks of FMLA.
True
False

5. Health conditions that FMLA regulations only consider serious if complications develop are never serious without complications.
True
False

6. While workers' compensation is generally considered an employee's "exclusive remedy" for accidents on the job, employees may still sue under the ADA and the FMLA.
True
False

7. Employees are not required to reinstate employees not cleared for work by their physicians.
True
False

8. The FMLA prohibits employers from getting second or third opinions on return-to-work certifications.
True
False

9. Employers must pay for second or third opinions of the medical certifications conducted when employees request leave.
True
False

10. Usually, undue cost is an employers' best undue hardship defense for denying ADA leave.
True
False

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