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FMLA Insights
DOL Lawsuit Highlights Simple Reality: Employers Who Ignore FMLA Regulations Face Severe Consequences
By Jeff Nowak
When an employer ignores the FMLA regulations as it ponders a termination decision, the consequences can be severe. A water bottling company recently learned this the hard way. Peter Lyle was…
FMLA Insights
DOL Publishes PowerPoint Presentation to Help Train Employees about FMLA
By Jeff Nowak
This week, I had the privilege of presenting on the "Nuts and Bolts" of the FMLA with Department of Labor Branch Chief for FMLA, Diane Dawson. Our presentation was part of an FMLA/ADAAA…
Employment & Labor
Upcoming Seminar: The Complex Web of Federal, State and Local Leaves of Absence Laws
Employers continue to grapple with this very difficult area of employment law. It is not enough to focus on just one law when an employee is unable to work or…
Employee Benefits Blog
Final Rule Implementing FMLA Amendments Expands Protections for Military Families and Airline Flight Crews
by Stephen D. Erf, Heather Egan Sussman and Sabrina E. Dunlap The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued a final rule implementing new expanded rights for families of military members…
Iowa Employment Law Blog
Court Finds FMLA Interference Even Though Employee Was Not Qualified to Return to Former Job Because of Her Medical Condition
FMLA provides a qualifying employee up twelve weeks of job protected leave. That means the employee is entitled to return to the same position held before the leave, or to an…
Colorado Employer's Law Blog
Employers: Are You Using the Right I-9, FMLA and FCRA Forms?
Employers take note of a slew of employment law changes in 2013, including new I-9 forms, new FMLA posters and forms, and new FCRA forms. New I-9 Forms Effective…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
There Goes the Bride….Fired for FMLA Dishonesty
On the day of her evening wedding, plaintiff called in and asked for a vacation day. When her request was denied, she said she would take an FMLA day instead.…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: LXBN April 5, 2013
Let's do one last top 10 for the week on what's a very rainy day in the Pacific Northwest. But before you check out the best here, be sure to…
Virgin Islands Law Blog
Changes Proposed for The Family and Medical Leave Act to Affect Veterans
By Ravi S. Nagi
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons. Employees that are eligible under the Act…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Can the Need for “Mental Health Days” Count as a Serious Medical Condition under the FMLA?
By Troutman Pepper Locke's Labor + Employment Group
Who has not felt like they needed to take a few days off from work to regroup and clear their minds before tacking your job’s many challenges? I call…