Meet Ray.
Ray is to the FMLA as Patrick Mahomes is to football. Ray is an FMLA pro, having taken FMLA leave a total of 158 times over three years. No joke. F-M-L-A simply rolled off Ray’s tongue, enabling him
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If You Re-Started Your Workplace with Five Privileges of Employment, How Would You Break Down Barriers for Colleagues with Disabilities?
Beads of sweat formed on my forehead, and my eyes began tearing up.
It was one month ago, and all it took was five minutes.
I was seated among 35 of my Littler colleagues, all of us participating in a
Can an Employee Take Leave from Work for Lactation Breaks When the Baby Won’t Take a Bottle?
The wheels are turning, aren’t they?
This question is another arising out of a webinar I recently conducted with EEOC Legal Counsel Carol Miaskoff and Tracie DeFreitas (Job Accommodation Network) regarding the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA).
A few weeks
In a PWFA World, Can an Employer Safely Request FMLA Medical Certification for an Absence Due to Pregnancy?
For decades, employers have applied the usual FMLA rules for an employee who cannot work because of limitations due to pregnancy. When these limitations render a pregnant employee unable to work, the employer has always had the right to obtain
A Little Belated Valentine’s Day Gift for Us. The ABA’s Summary of 2023 FMLA Court Decisions Has Arrived!
Love is in the air! Cupid’s arrow came in the form of something special this year – the ABA’s summary of 2023 FMLA decisions!
Every spring, the ABA’s Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee publishes a comprehensive report of FMLA decisions
Did Your Employee Call Off Today Due to Super Bowl Flu? Throw the Flag!
This morning, the day after the Super Bowl, 16.1 million of your employees will call in “sick.”
Over 6 million of these employees will face discipline for their call-in, according to UKG, which provides workforce management and human
As We Turn to a New Year, What Leave Benefits Are Employers Offering in 2024? Mental Health Benefits Top the List
Do you, by chance, offer your employees “Paw-ternity” leave?
More seriously, how about NICU leave?
With the ever-increasing reality that the federal government will offer no lifeline to streamline the ever-growing list of states mandating employee paid leave, employers have
Join Me for a Three-Day ADA Master Class!
After years of hosting FMLA parties, I invite you now to an ADA party!
Seriously.
A party where we spend nine hours together over three straight days discussing nothing but the A-D-A.
Are you excited yet!?! Let me explain more.
For years, many of you
Join Me for A Free Webinar! Pregnancy Accommodations: Navigating Difficult, Yet Common Scenarios to Keep Employers Compliant
Join me for my annual webinar in which I cover the key issues of the day. Unless you prefer to pay me, this webinar comes to you free of charge.
When: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 (12:00 – 1:15 p.m. central
In a World Where You Can Be Anything, Be Kind
Halloween 2023 was a tough day in our house.
Every year, the holiday approaches with a great deal of parental anxiety not because we fret over what costume our 9-year-old daughter will select for the day.
Sheesh, that’s the easy