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Ohio Employer Law Blog
The two-day mistake that sent retaliation claim to trial
Two days. That's the entire gap between John Shoemaker asking McKesson Corp. for FMLA leave and McKesson telling him he was fired. A federal judge just said that two-day gap alone…
School Law
CAS Legal Mailbag – 9/3/26
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: We are just starting the new school year, and a paraeducator is already having attendance problems. I do not mean to be…
Employment Law Blog
One Leave Request, Multiple Laws: Coordinating FMLA, State Paid Leave, and Employer Policies
An employee walks into HR and says she needs time off. Maybe she is having a baby. Maybe she needs surgery, or her father is ill. The request sounds simple.…
Texas Employment Lawyer
Why Mitigation of Damages Matters in Employment Cases
When a new client sits across from me after losing a job they believe they were unlawfully denied or fired from, the conversation almost always turns to money — specifically,…
Tucker Arensberg Blog
FMLA Interference Claim Fails Where the Employer Denied an Employee’s Remote Work Accommodation Request
Masse v. 21st Century Cyber Charter Sch., No. 25-5446, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 114943 (E.D. Pa. May 26, 2026). Jennifer Masse (“Masse”), a former employee of 21st Century Cyber Charter…
The Employer Handbook Blog
A Supervisor Swore He Didn’t Know About the Disability. His Own Notes Said Otherwise.
A supervisor swore in an affidavit that he had no idea an employee was disabled. His own meeting notes said otherwise, and that contradiction just cost a Texas community college…
Lipsky Lowe’s Blog For New York Employment Law
Paid Prenatal Leave in NYC and How to Use It
Employees in New York are now entitled to paid prenatal leave for certain pregnancy-related healthcare appointments and medical care. Effective January 1, 2025, New York became the first state to…
FMLA Insights
Is an Employer Required to Allow an Employee to “Cure” a Seemingly Fraudulent FMLA Medical Certification?
By Jeff Nowak
Imagine receiving an FMLA medical certification from your employee, Dan, that has his handwriting all over it except for the physician's signature. Your fraud radar is screaming, so you want…
Lipsky Lowe’s Blog For New York Employment Law
Can I Be Punished for Using Sick Time in NYC?
In most cases, no. Employers generally cannot discipline, fire, or otherwise retaliate against employees for lawfully using protected sick leave under New York City or New York law. While employers…
The Employer Handbook Blog
A Railroad Thought It Had Cracked the Code on FMLA Dishonesty. A Jury Gets to Decide If It Did.
Roughly one in ten of a railroad’s train and engine employees marked off using FMLA leave on Christmas Day. The railroad ran that spike through an algorithm, then a hearing,…