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Labor Law Prof Blog
The Limits of Employee Disability Accommodations
As featured in The Carnival of Business #2:One of the more difficult questions which I often had to answer from my clients while in practice was when, if ever, was…
Labor Law Prof Blog
DOL Opinion Letter on Health Benefits and Cafeteria Plan Funding During FMLA Leave
Deloitte's Washington Bulletin of March 13, 2006 has this news item concerning a recently released Department of Labor Opinion Letter on the relationship between an employer's responsibility to continue employee…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Sending Flowers and the FMLA
Suits in the Workplace has an ironic post about a recent case in which the employer did the classy thing and sent flowers to an employee when it found out…
Labor Law Prof Blog
The Flu, the FMLA, and the Workplace
From PlanSponsor.com:FLU BUGGED? According to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, the flu causes an estimated $10 billion in lost productivity each year. Forty percent of respondents in an NFID…
ContractsProf Blog
Enforceability of Release of FMLA Claims
Is a release of an employee's retrospective and prospective claims under the Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") enforceable? The Fourth Circuit says no; the Fifth Circuit says yes.In Taylor v.…
California Employment Law Update
Employee Who Was Absent From Work To Retrieve The Family Car Was Not Protected By FMLA
By Tony Oncidi
Tellis v. Alaska Airlines, Inc., 414 F.3d 1045 (9th Cir. 2005) H. Charles Tellis was terminated from his job as an Alaska Airlines maintenance mechanic when he took an unexcused…
Labor Law Prof Blog
DOL Considers Changes To FMLA’s Regs
Stephanie Armour (USA TODAY) reports that the Department of Labor is expeted to shortly come out with revised FMLA regulations. According to Armour:"No one knows what changes will be proposed.…
Labor Law Prof Blog
FMLA Recent Developments
"Employer's Granting of FMLA Leave May Preclude Subsequent Challenge to Employee's Entitlement Leave" By Jon Allison (Dinsmore & Shohl)Employers should be aware that the unconditional granting of FMLA leave to…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Growing Pains
It has been 12 years since its enactment, and the FMLA is experiencing growing pains, that is according to a report in CareerJournal.com. Sara Schaefer Muñoz reports in Family and…
California Employment Law Update
Airline Was Not The Joint Employer Of Service Workers For Purposes Of FMLA/CFRA
By Tony Oncidi
Moreau v. Air France, 356 F.3d 942 (9th Cir. 2003) Stephane Moreau worked as the Assistant Station Manager for Air France at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Moreau requested a…