If our employee has used up all their family/medical leave and requests an extension, do we have to grant it, or can we terminate employment?

It depends. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has in recent years issued guidelines stating that an extension of federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave is one of the “reasonable accommodations” contemplated under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The next question asked is “how much time?" This is not an easy answer, because the ADA does not define precisely what a reasonable accommodation is.

Several factors are considered in making this determination, such as: the size of the employer, how much more time is being requested, how busy the business is at the time the