The Albany County (NY) City Council last night rejected a bill that would have required County employers with at least six employees to allow employees to accrue up to 40 hours of paid sick leave annually. The Council vote was
The termination of a night shift employee who went fishing and boating while on FMLA leave did not violate the FMLA, according to a decision last week by a California federal district court.
The plaintiff had been approved for FMLA
Lawsuits involving inflexible leave policies always get my attention. I have been speaking and writing about such policies for decades. Last year, the EEOC sued Pilgrim’s Pride, alleging that it had violated the ADA by not modifying its attendance and
Like the mission of the Starship Enterprise into the unknown, the Maine paid leave law boldly goes where no leave law has gone before by requiring employers to allow employees to accrue paid time off which may be used for
The Minneapolis Sick and Safe Time Ordinance can be enforced against businesses not physically located in the city but who have employees who work at least eight (80) hours in a year within the geographic boundaries of the city, according
Undeterred by an appellate court’s decision that the Austin Earned Sick Time Ordinance is unconstitutional. Undeterred by the passage in the state Senate of two bills to bar political subdivisions from enacting a PSL ordinance. Undeterred by the failure
Three Chicago police communication officers (PCOs) used the FMLA as the ticket for time off for a Caribbean cruise together, according to a recent report from the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG). Two of these PCO’s took
