I'm in CA and have used FMLA. I'm not sure excatly what you are interested in knowing and i dont want to ramble a bunch of stuff at you that you already know.
It holds your job for you, although not your specific position, and allows you to keep your health benefits.
your Dr. needs to be very specific about how it is you may be missing time. I finally covered all aspects by having him write that it could be expected that I may be frequently late to work, miss sporadic days of work or miss consecutive days upwards of 3 weeks. In this way I was covered for every which way in which my health might affect my attendance. I did this in an effort to discourage them from asking me to re-certify every time saying that I wasn't sticking to the specifications my Dr. listed for my time.
In my experience I found there is a loop hole where your employer can request that you have your FMLA re-certified every 30 days. So be prepared to be having your Dr. fill out the same forms numerous times over. I just made copies and had him re-sign them...it was ridiculous.
Not sure what else I can tell you.....I think it's sort of one of those things that depends a bit on your employer. If they are trying to work with you on this...FMLA probably can work real well. However, if your employer isn't thrilled with this turn of events and thinks your more a bother than an asset....they can make using FMLA very difficult. I know it shouldn't be this way and we have rights blah blah I'm just expressing my experience. I have used FMLA and had it work well and smooth and others where a different manager made it a total hassle.
Good Luck and if you have any questions feel free to ask away.
