I have a long-term SNE employee who has been on the FMLA train for two years. I just promoted a younger employee to a higher position because she has been picking up the slack all this time and has excelled. FMLA employee is not happy and feels she is as deserving of promotion. How do I avoid this pit?

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Wow. First time I have ever seen HR people not wanting to hear their own voices. Lol

If the promotion is based on role being changed and improvement in the role, then, you should be able to show clearly the expectation of the role to the FMLA employee as not being met. Promotions that are time in role can’t be impacted by someone being on leave. So, be careful there. But if the employee that has taken on more, is excelling in deliverables and taking on more responsibilities- even when the other person returns, then they are doing more and should be above the other person. If the FMLA person is back, and they are doing the same level of work, then you have to consider the FMLA person to be at the same level regardless of their time out. With that, it seems the other person should be better at the role given they have been honing their skills.

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