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Wage & Hour Watch
2018 Wage and Hour Opinion Letters Offer Helpful FMLA Guidance
By The Newsroom
The Wage and Hour Watch reported on the reintroduction of Administrator’s Opinion Letters by DOL’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) earlier this year. Opinion Letters are WHD’s responses to fact-specific…
Taking Care of HR Business
12 Days of HR: I’ll Be Home for Christmas—Because of Leave Under the FMLA
Employees often take time off around the holidays. In many cases, an employee’s days off might be pursuant to a planned vacation or time with loved ones. However, an employee…
FMLA Insights
Creating Practical FMLA and ADA Training for Your Managers: Recap of our Webinar
By Jeff Nowak
Thanks to those who attended my webinar last week with Matt Morris on "Six Ways Your Managers Are Causing FMLA & ADA Leave Lawsuits, and How to Train Them to Stop."…
Editorial Team
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Holiday Bonuses, Student Loan Advocacy, and LexBlog’s Growing Network
By Melissa Lin
Welcome back to another Top 10 in Law Blogs, LexBloggers. Only three more before the end of 2018! This week, Jeff Nowak writes on the importance of employers understanding Family…
FMLA Insights
Paying Out a Year-End Bonus or an Incentive Payment: Can an Employer Withhold the Money from the Employee Who Took FMLA Leave?
By Jeff Nowak
It's the end of the year, which means bonus time. Or perhaps instead you want to offer a pay incentive to employees to improve attendance or production? Take, for instance,…
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 nineteenth in a series highlighting some of the…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
‘Tis the Season: FMLA and Holidays
As we are in the heart of the holiday season, to avoid an unwanted gift from the Department of Labor, employers should ensure that they properly administer FMLA leaves taken…
Virgin Islands Law Blog
What to Include in Your Employee Handbook
By Ravi S. Nagi
Employee handbooks or manuals are frequently used in corporate settings to provide an overview of employee responsibilities and rights, as well as certain company regulations. The purpose of these manuals…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Maternal Dilemma and Continued Discrimination Against Women at Work
By Tracy Thomas
Noya Rimalt, The Maternal Dilemma, 103 Cornell Law Rev. (2018) This article questions the sufficiency of contemporary parental policies in undermining the gendered division of care-work at home. It reveals that…
FMLA Insights
What if I Offered You a Free Webinar That Provided the Roadmap to Create Your Own FMLA & ADA Manager Training? Would you Attend?
By Jeff Nowak
When: Wednesday, December 12 (12:00 – 1:15 p.m. central time) Online registration: Click Here Over the past year alone, employers have been forced to defend FMLA and ADA lawsuits due simply…