Employers, workers' comp injuries are often going to qualify as FMLA "serious health conditions" at the same time. FMLA leave can run concurrently with a workers' compensation leave, or with paid sick leave. ... Although you are not required to let FMLA and other leaves run concurrently, it is to your advantage to do so.

Can FMLA and Workers Compensation run concurrently?

FMLA leave may run concurrently with workers' compensation benefits. If an employee receiving workers' compensation benefits is also on FMLA leave, his or her employer must maintain the employee's group health plan coverage as if the employee had not taken the leave.

Can comp time be used for FMLA?

The FMLA provides that an employee is entitled to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for certain family or medical reasons. ... A public employee may elect, subject to employer approval, to use accrued compensatory time off for an absence that would otherwise qualify as a reason for taking FMLA leave.