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Connecticut Employment Law Blog
When Attendance is Essential, Intermittent Extended Leave is Not Reasonable
The Connecticut Appellate Court has an interesting case coming out officially early next week about an employer's obligations to provide leave as a "reasonable accommodation". You can download Barbabosa v.…
Paid Sick Leave @ Work
Taking a Cruise While on FMLA
By Mike Soltis
Three Chicago police communication officers (PCOs) used the FMLA as the ticket for time off for a Caribbean cruise together, according to a recent report from the City of Chicago…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Unsexing Pregnancy
By Tracy Thomas
David Fontana & Naomi Schoenbaum, Unsexing Pregnancy, 119 Columbia L. Rev. (2019) Because sex does not dictate the capacity to provide care in the home or work in the market, sex-equality…
Minnesota Wage & Hour
DOL Clarifies Employees May Not Use PTO In Lieu of FMLA Leave
On March 14, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued Opinion Letter FMLA2019-1-A. While most opinion letters do not come a surprise to me, this one I cannot say…
Labor & Employment Insights
Terminating an Employee on Maternity Leave and Winning the Case: The Eleventh Circuit Affirms a Jury Verdict for Winn-Dixie
An employee is on maternity leave and it does not look like she is going to be returning to work. Should you go ahead and terminate her employment during the…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
What Am I Doing Wrong?? Common FMLA Mistakes
“What did I do wrong?” and “Am I doing this correctly” are frequent questions from clients regarding FMLA administration. This is the 22nd blog in this series, which digs into…
Nimble Services Blog
What happens When the FMLA and the ADA Collide?
By Guest Blogger Stella Skaljac Esq., SHRM-SCPFor years, employee handbooks contained policies that explicitly stated employment would automatically terminate if an employee failed to return to work after taking leave…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Reproductive Rights Stories: FMLA and the Supreme Court’s Decision in Nevada Dept of Human Resources v. Hibbs
By Tracy Thomas
Sam Bagenstos, Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs: Universalism and Reproductive Justice" Reproductive Rights and Justice Stories (Melissa Murray, Kate Shaw & Reva Siegel, eds., Forthcoming)The Family and Medical…
Employment Law Worldview
More DOL Letters Needed For Clarity On Enforcement Strategy (US)
By Laura Lawless, Melissa Legault
Expanding on their previous post on the subject, on April 3, 2019, Law360 published the following article authored by Squire Patton Boggs labor and employment attorneys Laura Lawless Robertson and Melissa Legault.…
Employment Law Letter
CLE Webinar: Strategies for Dealing with Difficult Employees
By Peter J. Murphy, Gregory A. Jones
Join Shipman & Goodwin labor and employment attorneys Peter Murphy and Greg Jones for this complimentary CLE webinar reviewing effective legal strategies for dealing with difficult employees and the importance…