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Family and Medical Leave Act
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Employer Law Report
Sixth Circuit: FMLA Does Not Preclude Terminating an Employee the Day He Returns from Leave
The Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") requires an employer to restore an eligible employee who takes FMLA to the position the employee held when the FMLA leave commenced or to…
FMLA Insights
Employer Best Practices for Analyzing Whether Leave Beyond FMLA is an “Undue Hardship” under the ADA
By Jeff Nowak
The scenario is all too common: An employee takes and exhausts 12 weeks of FMLA leave and still cannot return to work. At this point, the employer is left with…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Running Medical Errands is Not “Treatment” Under the FMLA
An employee’s taking a morning off to make an unannounced visit to his physician’s office to get a prescription refill and confirm that referral paperwork for an appointment that afternoon…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Quick Hits: NY Deductions, ADA Accommodations, Offers of Judgment, FMLA Report, Facebook & Hiring
As the dog days of summer drag on, the news from the employment law arena slows to a trickle. But here are a few recent stories that may be of…
FMLA Insights
Using “Rolling” Method to Calculate FMLA Leave Almost Always the Best Choice for Employers
By Jeff Nowak
There are a number of discussions happening lately about updating handbook provisions and social media policies to ward off a suddenly over-zealous National Labor Relations Board. And this advice certainly is…
Employment Law Matters
Employer’s mistaken allowance of FMLA leave can create liability for retaliation.
In order to be granted a leave of absence under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), an employee first must fulfill certain eligibility requirements, including having worked for the…
Employment Law Matters
Visit to doctor for prescription refill is not “treatment” for purposes of FMLA.
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides unpaid leave time to eligible employees under specific circumstances, including the serious health condition of the employee. It is a violation of…
Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Understanding Family Medical Leave Act Claims – One Statute, Two Possible Claims
By Jason Shinn
Companies understandably find employment law to be simultaneously chaotic, complicated, and confusing. And this state of affair certainly applies to the Family Medical Leave Act, (FMLA). This is especially true…
FMLA Insights
Supervisor’s Comments After Employee Seeks Leave for Hysterectomy Creates Viable FMLA Claims
By Jeff Nowak
Remember a few months back when I warned employers to be wary of eliminating the position of an employee who days earlier requested several weeks off for surgery? Let me take…
Employment Law Matters
DOL publishes its “plain language” explanation and guidebook for the FMLA.
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitles eligible employees to twelve weeks of unpaid leave each year for certain medical issues for themselves or immediate family members. Employers are…