Edited: sounds like the experience outside of new babies is pretty bad across the board. I am looking for specific feedback on mental health leaves and if anyone has good insight to the specific approval criteria for those. What is on their website doesn’t seem to jive with the experience.
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I work in HR and we’ve had 4 Mn Paid Leave applications this year. So far, the process has been awful with only one of the leaves being adjudicated prior to the employee’s return. The last one got denied, which I was a bit surprised about. The tricky part is the employee also submitted FMLA paperwork to us, and we approved the leave. Minnesota paid leave didn’t even get around to reviewing this application until the person had already returned from their four week leave of absence, and they requested 2 additional rounds of paperwork, which was provided.
The denial simply says there was not sufficient information to approve the leave. It was a mental health related leave. I’m curious if anyone else has experienced this. I know each situation is different, but if there is a similar situation where it was mental health related and denied, I’m wondering if there is a bar that we need to be aware of.
This person was completely legit and needed this leave. I am really shocked at this denial.