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... preceding calendar year and who are engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce-including joint employers (ERISA definitions of joint employers') and successors of covered employers. For FMLA purposes, most federal and Congressional employees are under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) or the Congress. (Note that the law has just been adopted requiring that all Congressional Employees be covered by the same laws that apply to the private Sector.)EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY To be eligible for FMLA benefits, an employee ... to provide certification of a serious health condition for an employee or an immediate family member include: a) doctors of medicine or osteopathy authorized to practice medicine or surgery (as appropriate) by the State in which the doctor practices; b) podiatrists, dentists, clinical psychologists, optometrists, and chiropractors (limited to treatment consisting of manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation as demonstrated by X-ray to exist) authorized to practice in the State and performing within the scope of their practice under State law; c) nurse ... and nurse-midwives authorized to practice under State law and performing within the scope of their practice as defined under State law; or, d) Christian Science practitioners listed with the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts. MAINTENANCE OF HEALTH BENEFITSA covered employer is required to maintain group health insurance coverage for an employee on FMLA leave whenever such insurance was provided before the leave was taken, and on the same terms as if the employee had continued to work. Where appropriate, arrangements will need to be made for employees taking ...

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