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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ad-hoc situational TW

Can use telework in a non-recurring manner:

Weather or public transportation disruptions

Before or after a dr's appt for yourself or a family member

To call in for an important mtg while on vacation

While taking care of a sick kid or when you are feeling under-the-weather but can still do a few hours of work

When you need to stay home to deal with a home repair

[b]In short, it should be non-recurring in nature. You can't TW every Tuesday because you need to take your kid to his weekly therapy appt. It needs to be one-off usage.[/b]

Managers can also now approve 90 calendar day medical telework (self) or that related to family member caregiving. Employee can only utilize one of these 90-day reprieves in a 12 month period.

Anything longer requires a Reasonable Accommodation, which have been revoked or are very difficult to get. [/quote]

This seems to be discriminatory as it’s penalizing any type of medical issues that require routine, regular care. 
 [/quote]

In my agency you would have to submit a reasonable accommodation request to TW around a routine appointment. That is not “situational.” Approval of reasonable accommodation requests seems to be pretty good, but require you to disclose the reason for the recurring appointment and provide supporting documentation. Understandably some people don’t want to do that. [/quote]

You cant submit an RA for a family member's condition which is the example the PP gave.  RAs are only for the employee.  [/quote]

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