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Labor & Employment Report
Extraordinary Employee Misconduct: FMLA Does Not Cover Travel to and from an NFL Game
This installment in our occasional series of extremely poor judgment by employees illustrates the point that social media has led to the downfall of many an FMLA abuser.In Pizarro v.…
Iowa Employment Law Blog
Employers Don’t Have to be Perfect: A Termination Based Upon Mistaken Facts is Not Evidence of Discrimination
“Mistakes happen. Including in the context of employment decisions. But not every mistake amounts to actionable employment discrimination.” Smith v. Towne Properties Management Co., Inc. (6th Cir. 3-4-2020). So stated…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Is an employee entitled to FMLA leave to care for the children of a family member with coronavirus?
Among other qualifying reasons, the FMLA allows an eligible employee to take 12 weeks of annual unpaid leave to care for a family member with a serious health condition. Family…
Homeostasis: Dykema’s Health Care Law Blog
Practical Tips to Minimize Labor and Employment Risks Arising From the Coronavirus in the Workplace and Workforce
This first alert of a multipart series provides practical tips to minimize legal risk arising from the following legal perils that await any unprepared or ill-informed employer. As the world’s…
Dykema Labor & Employment Law Blog
Practical Tips to Minimize Labor and Employment Risks Arising From the Coronavirus in the Workplace and Workforce
This first alert of a multipart series provides practical tips to minimize legal risk arising from the following legal perils that await any unprepared or ill-informed employer. As the world’s…
The Employer Report
Managing COVID-19 In A Union Workforce In The US
By Douglas A. Darch, William F. Dugan, Rick Hammett
As the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads into the broader economy, human resource professionals are finding that grappling with the consequences are more complicated in union-represented workforces. In a union…
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
What Are Your Employee Rights Regarding Coronavirus?
I've shuddered everytime I've read about another coronavirus quarantine, because I assume lots of folks are losing their jobs when they don't return from vacation. So what are your rights…
FMLA Insights
I am Eligible for FMLA Leave. Now What?
By Jeff Nowak
A few weeks back, I celebrated my one-year anniversary at Littler. You know what that means, right? I'm F-M-L-A eligible, baby! Now that I am eligible to take job-protected leave…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
7th Circuit concludes employer should have advised injured employee of FMLA rights even after employee went AWOL
Buddy Phillips injured his ribs while playing with his grandchildren. Over the next two weeks, he called his employer, United Trailers, to report he would miss work. Eventually, however, he…
HR Legal Insider
FMLA or Lawsuit Attractor? How Companies can Avoid FMLA Liability
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) passed almost thirty years ago, but it continues to confound HR representatives and companies today. The act effects almost every company, so it…