Posideoffries92 t1_jaz4v7x wrote on March 5, 2023 at 4:42 AM

So you are currently employed by the organization which falsely reported your hours? As in you would be reporting back to them after your leave? Do you have access to paystubs to email HR documenting your hours and requiring them to contact ESD to amend?

I don't know of a lawyer or group to contact. You could also try contacting the labor department if they are under reporting your hours.

Pookberries OP t1_jazphro wrote on March 5, 2023 at 8:41 AM

Yes, I am still employed by the company who falsely reported my hours. I am due to return to work in a couple of weeks pending a post op follow up this coming week. I do have access to all my pay stubs online. I went ahead and saved them all to come computer and am in the process of uploading them to the WA ESD website. The HR department denies they did it and insist it is my error, although it has proven to be theirs. HR has told me I need to fix it myself. I shouldn’t have to do that.

I will contact the labor department, thank you. Someone mentioned that the under reporting of my hours could effect a lot of different things like my social security and what not.

Zagsnation t1_jb0w566 wrote on March 5, 2023 at 4:16 PM

I ran into an issue where my employer tried to use my vacation time in lieu of FMLA. I spoke with ESD, then emailed my bosses and explained that what they’d done was illegal & they must correct it. They still tried to act like it was my fault, but ultimately they corrected it because they realized they broke the law.

From there, I emailed them again explaining that I’d underestimated the amount of time my FMLA leave would require and that to simplify everything for everyone I would no longer be working any hours during my leave and that I would use 40 of FMLA time, 0 work hours, 0 vacation hours. Since they were notified, there’s nothing they can do.