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Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Baseball, Family and the Law Enable Blogging Lawyer to Establish Real and Intimate Relationships With Audience
Attorney Jeff Nowak reaches his blog and social media audience in a real and intimate way that may be unmatched by any lawyer in the country. Publishing FMLA Insights has…
SC Employers’ Blog
Facebook Messenger & The FMLA
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (which governs South Carolina) wrote in a recent case (called Roberts here) that an employee’s message to his supervisor over Facebook messenger might be…
Labor and Employment Law Insights
Seventh Circuit Issues Decision Addressing Employer Interference With FMLA Leave
By Jennifer Ralph, Anne Mayette
In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit clarified that an employer can violate the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) by discouraging an…
Workers Compensation Watch
FMLA interference claims create a more level playing field for fired workers
By Jon Rehm
An employee who is fired during FMLA leave may be able to make an FMLA interference claim. An interference claim gives an employee a chance to legally contest their termination…
New York City Law Blog
Is your employer interfering with your FMLA leave?
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that provides most employees with the right to unpaid, job-protected leave for specific events. If you are taking time…
Texas Employment Lawyer
Is Discouraging FMLA Leave Unlawful Interference?
[caption id="attachment_3398" align="alignleft" width="241"] Texas Employer Lawyer Colin Walsh[/caption] Yes. At least, in the Seventh Circuit. Wanna know more? Of course, you do! So let’s talk a little about the…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
7th Circuit Rules that Discouraging Employee from Taking Leave Can Violate FMLA Rights
By Anne Hall
A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that an individual may still have a cognizable civil rights lawsuit even if his…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Workers Claim Walmart Assigns Them to Shifts Without Notice to Fire them After Medical Leave
By Anne Hall
A former Walmart employee has filed suit in a Michigan federal district court claiming class-wide violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and individual violations of the Americans…
FMLA Insights
Does the FMLA Cover Abortion and Travel to Obtain an Abortion?
By Jeff Nowak
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, the FMLA questions are coming fast and furious: Can an employee take FMLA leave to obtain and recover from an abortion?…
Healthcare Perspectives
Three Issues to Consider When Assessing the Impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
By Joel Clymer, John Zen Jackson, Jemi Goulian Lucey, James A. Robertson, Thomas C. Senter, Neil M. Sullivan
Following the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, attorneys and legal scholars are anticipating an…