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Agricultural Law & Rural Practice | Solo Small Firm & General Practice Section
OOTO but Not Out of the Woods: Legal Risks for Employers During and After FMLA Leave
By Milt Castro
When a key employee takes FMLA leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), staying in touch may feel necessary to keep business operations running. But what many…
FMLA Insights
What Can Pope Leo Teach Us About Being Good Managers of People?
By Jeff Nowak
Pope Leo XIV | Credit: Vatican Media Every once in a while, my worlds collide in the most unexpected ways. As a management-side employment attorney, I spend my days in…
Women's Rights NY
What Happened to You Wasn’t Normal. It Was Illegal.
By Jack Tuckner, Esq. I want to tell you about a client of mine. She was the Global Head of Human Resources for a large multinational corporation. She had built…
HR Law Talk
DOL Proposes New Uniform “Joint Employer” Rule
On April 23, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division issued a proposed rule seeking to establish a unified “Joint Employer” test under the Fair Labor Standards…
Agricultural Law & Rural Practice | Solo Small Firm & General Practice Section
DOL Issues Proposed Rule on Joint Employer Status Under FLSA and FMLA
On April 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule that would set a single standard for joint employer status under the FLSA, FMLA, and the…
Who Is My Employee?
Groovy! DOL Proposes New Joint Employment Test for FLSA and FMLA
Joint employment can mean different things to different people. For stoners, it could mean a groovy new job selling weed at the dispensary. For rheumatologists, it could mean hiring a…
FMLA Insights
When FMLA Has Impeccable Timing Around a Holiday, This is What Employers Shouldn’t Do.
By Jeff Nowak
Every HR pro knows this little workplace miracle. Just as your office or plant is winding down for Memorial Day—or some other prime-time long weekend—boom: your employee’s chronic condition suddenly…
Law and the Workplace
There and Back Again: DOL Proposes New Joint Employer Rule
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has reentered the joint-employer arena with a new proposed rule that aims to bring uniformity to a fractured legal landscape. The April 23, 2026…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
The Joint Employer Is Back (Again): DOL Proposes New (or is that Old?) Rule
Here we go again on the roller coaster that is the joint employer rule. The U.S. Department of Labor published a new proposed rule this week that would revise the…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Illinois Launches Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act (NICLA)
Attention Illinois employers: The Illinois Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act (NICLA) will become effective on June 1, 2026. This law provides unpaid leave to parents with infants in the…