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Ogletree Deakins Insights
Ninth Circuit Holds a Second Medical Opinion Is Not Necessary to Challenge an Employee’s Entitlement to FMLA Leave
By By: Jack S. Sholkoff, David C. Castleberry, Publisher, Catherine L. Brackett
Quick Hits In Perez v. Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc., the Ninth Circuit joined the Second, Fourth, Sixth, and Eighth Circuits in holding that an employer’s right to obtain a second…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Eighth Circuit Chips Away at ‘Honest Belief’ Defense and Creates ‘Intertwinement Test’ for Disability Discrimination Cases
Quick Hits The Eighth Circuit held that an employer may not use the “honest belief” defense where the reasons for discharging an employee are not “sufficiently independent” from the disability.…
Understanding the ADA
Eighth Circuit Breaks New Ground and Other Food for Thought
My thoughts go out to everyone in the Houston area and in Texas dealing with the aftermath of hurricane Beryl. The blog entry of the day is about a…
Working: Now and Then
Retaliation and Reporting in the Workplace
By Jeff Harris The Law Students on Workers’ Rights series publishes essays from current and incoming students at some of the top law schools in the country. These essays, submitted…
Benefits Law Advisor
Employer-Provided Health Coverage During Employee Leaves of Absence
When an employee is on an extended leave of absence, there is often confusion regarding whether and to what extent the employer must continue to provide coverage to the employee…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Call me … maybe? 6th Circuit saves FMLA claim of employee who failed to follow employer’s call-in rules.
Latrice Crispell, a 23-year employee of FCA working as a floater on its truck assembly line, suffered from major depression and anxiety, which qualified her for intermittent leave under the…
World of Employment
Employers Face June 1 Deadline to Inform Employees Whose Approved OFLA Leave Is Affected by Recent OFLA Amendments
By John Dudrey, Laura Rosenbaum
As we previously advised, under Oregon Senate Bill 1515 (“SB 1515”) effective July 1, 2024, most of the Oregon Family Leave Act (“OFLA”)—including leave for the employee’s or a family…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Fifth Circuit Finds That Employee Failed to Provide Adequate Notice of Need for FMLA Leave
Quick Hits An employee informed her supervisor of her plan to care for her ailing father during lunch breaks, but she did not indicate a need for additional time outside…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Eleventh Circuit Adopts Strict “But For” Standard in FMLA Retaliation Claims
By Anne Hall
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that the strict “but for” legal standard applies retaliation claims under the Family and Medical and Leave Act (FMLA).…
New Jersey Public Safety Officers Law Blog
Are Your Rights Under the FMLA and the NJFLA Negotiable? Examining the Interplay between Family/ Medical Leave and Paid Leave Time
Both the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and New Jersey’s Family Leave Act (FLA) provide that an employer may adopt a policy requiring an employee to exhaust accrued paid…