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Family and Medical Leave Act
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Employment Law Matters
Employee must provide information sufficient to trigger notice of need for FMLA leave.
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was designed, in large part, to protect the medical needs of employees with serious health conditions. The Department of Labor regulations, which provide…
Reilly Workplace Investigations Blog
Fitness for Duty Certification: FMLA
By Debra Reilly
The U.S. Department of Labor, in its Family and Medical Leave Act Advisor, recently clarified what an employer may require of an employee seeking to return to work from an…
Alabama Employment Law Report
H1N1/SWINE FLU AND THE WORKPLACE
As I was watching the news this morning, there were numerous reports of H1N1 flu being reported at schools around the state. Many experts expect that it will spread throughout…
Employment Law Matters
Evidence of misconduct discovered during FMLA leave may support employee termination.
An employee who takes leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is entitled - in most instances - to be reinstated to his or her former position, with…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Court Dismisses Employment Claim After Concluding Employee Committed Perjury During Trial
It's the stuff of television shows. In the middle of trial, a plaintiff (who is claiming his employment was terminated, among other reasons, in retaliation of his exercise of…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
The Fair Employment and Housing Commission Updates Its FMLA/CFRA Comparison Chart
On November 17, 2008, the United States Department of Labor issued revised regulations interpreting the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Because these regulations differ from comparable regulations that the California…
FMLA Insights
“Do we really need to worry about the FMLA for short absences?” – Podcast No. 3
By Jeff Nowak
Many employers, as a matter of policy or practice, do not consider whether an absence may qualify as FMLA leave until an employee has been absent for more than three…
Labor Law Prof Blog
FMLA Podcasts
Jeff Nowak, a labor and employment attorney at Franczek Radelet (a labor and employment boutique in Chicago), directs our attention to an FMLA resource web site which he created and…
FMLA Insights
“Can we require a doctor’s note for each FMLA absence?” – Podcast No. 2
By Jeff Nowak
When an employee is certified to take intermittent FMLA leave for a serious health condition, can the employer require additional documentation, such as a doctor's note, confirming that each absence…
Louisiana Law Blog
Family Medical Leave Act Regulations Become Effective
By Kean Miller
The final revised FMLA regulations issued by the DOL on November 17, 2008 became effective January 16, 2009. The regulations address the FMLA military family leave entitlements and also include…