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Family and Medical Leave Act
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Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Clarification of FMLA Leave for Children with a Disability
By Jason Shinn
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division's acting Deputy Administrator issued an Administrator's Interpretation (2013-1) that is intended to clarify a question employers and employees had under the Family…
FMLA Insights
DOL Issues Guidance on “Caring for an Adult Child” Under the FMLA
By Jeff Nowak
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor issued an Administrator's Interpretation (AI) to clarify the factors an employer must consider when an employee requests leave to care for an adult child.…
Employment Discrimination Report
New Decision On The Interplay of the FMLA and the ADA
There’s an interesting new decision from the federal court in Pennsylvania which looks to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) in seeking to interpret the Family and Medical Leave Act…
Pennsylvania Family Law
FMLA Leave Expanded to Include Daycare Search
By Aaron Weems
(Image: http://tennesseelabortalk.com) While this topic of this blog post is not exactly what this blog typically covers, I frequently find that litigation in another areas of law either impacts or…
FMLA Insights
An Employee Requests and is Denied Vacation Leave but Later Takes FMLA Leave for the Same Time Period. What Recourse Does an Employer Have?
By Jeff Nowak
This scenario is all too familiar for employers: shortly before Christmas, your employee requests vacation leave for Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. Due to seniority or the employee's last-minute…
FMLA Insights
A Couple Quick Tips to Fight FMLA Abuse Around the Holidays
By Jeff Nowak
Have your employees' absences from work been a bit more frequent lately? And are you tired of the lame excuses they're providing? After all, there are only so many times…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
California Adopts Revised Pregnancy Disability Leave Regulations
California’s Fair Employment and Housing Commission recently amended its regulations to the state’s Pregnancy Disability Leave Law. The new regulations provide expanded protections and clarifications with regard to employer obligations…
Understanding the ADA
Intersection between the FMLA and the ADA as amended: how it can get you in trouble
Over the years, lots of people have written about the intersection between Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), myself included. You simply cannot…
Employment Law Matters
Assignment to a lesser position upon return from leave may support FMLA interference claim.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment in favor of an employer, holding that a plaintiff’s testimony and evidence related to her transfer to a position of…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Newtown: You Are Not Alone
Normally, this blog writes itself. This morning, however, the words have not come easy. Does writing about FMLA leave relating to the Newtown tragedy really matter? Indeed, I've rewritten this post…