Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Workforce Development
DWD 218-226 - Civil Rights
Chapter DWD 225 - Family and medical leave
Section DWD 225.03 - Substituting leave
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) At the option of the employee, an employee entitled to family or medical leave under the act may substitute, for any leave requested under the act, any other paid or unpaid leave which has accrued to the employee.
(2) Leave substituted for leave available under the act will be credited, for purposes of using up the leave available under the act, to the extent the substituted leave is actually used by the employee calculated in no less than the increments available pursuant to s. DWD 225.02(1).
(3) The employer may not require an employee to substitute any other paid or unpaid leave available to the employee for either family or medical leave under the act.
(4) If any other type of leave is substituted for family or medical leave, and any seniority or employment benefit would normally accrue during the taking of that other type of leave, that seniority or employment benefit shall accrue during the taking of that substituted leave.
