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Family and Medical Leave Act
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Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Getting Personal: When Medical Leave Questions Cross the Line
Q: An employee is asking to take medical leave. What sort of questions am I allowed to ask her? A: Ask any HR generalist, and they will tell you that…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
To Enforce a Call-off Policy or Not to Enforce a Call-off Policy; that is the Question
This post was contributed by Erica Townes, a McNees Summer Associate. Ms. Townes is a rising third year law student at the Widener University Commonwealth Law School and is expected…
FMLA Insights
Handling Intermittent, Unpredictable Leave Requests after FMLA Ends: Additional Analysis of My Webinar with EEOC Commissioner Feldblum (Part II)
By Jeff Nowak
Thanks again to those who attended my June 23 webinar with EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum on the topic of “leave” as an ADA reasonable accommodation in light of the EEOC’s new…
Minnesota Wage & Hour
Time Off For Military Caregiver Leave or Exigency Leave
As Memorial Day weekend arrives, I wanted to take a minute to remember those who have sacrificed themselves so that we may have many of the freedoms we take for…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
DOL Releases Updated FMLA Materials
By Joe Sileo
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued a new Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) poster. Employers who are covered by the FMLA are required to display a…
Employment Law Landscape
Intermittent Leave or Spring Break? Tips to Help Prevent FMLA Abuse
As spring turns into summer and the weather warms up, employers may notice an increase in employee absences. While spotty or unpredictable attendance can cause staffing issues and frustration for…
Texas Employment Law Update
DOL Publishes The Employer’s Guide to the FMLA: And its Pretty Good!
Last week the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division published The Employer's Guide to the FMLA. The Department intended the Guide to be an informational resource to "provide essential information about…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Legislative Update: CTFMLA Expands to Cover Military Qualifying Exigencies
[caption id="attachment_3162" align="alignright" width="200"] Air Force Memorial in Arlington, VA[/caption] UPDATED Continuing to recap various employment law bills out of the Connecticut General Assembly, the legislature passed a measure Wednesday…
Labor Days
Managing Employee Requests for “Indefinite” Disability Leave: the D.C. Court of Appeals Offers Guidance
Managing employees’ requests for disability accommodations can be challenging, particularly when an employee requests leave for extended or unlimited periods of time. A common misperception by employers is that once…
Workforce Bulletin
DOL Releases New Poster and Employer’s Guide to FMLA
By Susan Gross Sholinsky, Nancy Gunzenhauser Popper, Alexandra Bruno Carlo, Marc-Joseph Gansah
Financial services employers should note that the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“DOL”) has just released a new Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) poster and The Employer’s Guide…