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Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Third Circuit Addresses Employer Liability in Walker v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
The Third Circuit Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Walker v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is a good reminder for employers about some critical nuts and bolts of the Family…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
New York’s COVID‑19 Quarantine Leave Law Expires
The New York law requiring leave for employees who are subject to a COVID-related quarantine or isolation order expires tomorrow. The requirement, which had been in effect since March 2020,…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
PAID Back: DOL Revives Voluntary Self-Audit Program
By Kevin Young
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor has officially revived its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program. Designed to help employers proactively resolve FLSA issues—and now, for the first time,…
HR Law Watch
U.S. Department of Labor Self-Audit PAID Program Returns, Allowing Employers to Identify and Resolve FLSA and FMLA Violations
By Denise M. Keyser, Alayna M. Piwonski
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced several self-audit programs to assist employers, unions, and benefit plan officials with voluntarily assessing and correcting their compliance with federal labor laws. One…
FMLA Insights
The DOL is Asking Employers to Self-Report FMLA Violations to the Federal Government. Will Even One Employer Take the Bait?
By Jeff Nowak
Yesterday, the US Department of Labor resurrected its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program, which encourages employers to own up to potential minimum wage and overtime violations under the Fair…
California Employment Law Update
Unsuccessful Whistleblower Was Not Entitled To Recover Attorney’s Fees
By Tony Oncidi
Lampkin v. County of Los Angeles, 2025 WL 1874669 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025) D’Andre Lampkin, a deputy in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, investigated a man whom he believed…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
FMLA Notice Requirements: Lessons From the Third Circuit
Quick Hits Notice of the need for FMLA leave does not require specific language or explicit reference to the FMLA. Employers may want to ensure that managers and other administrative…
FMLA Insights
Employers, Before You Pick Up the Phone to Call an Employee’s Physician, Put it on Hold
By Jeff Nowak
There must be something in the water in EmployerLand, USA. On multiple occasions lately, employers have confessed frustration to me with the lack of information provided by an employee's physician…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Lessons From the Seventh Circuit on Relying on FMLA Certifications and Requiring the Use of Paid Leave
Quick Hits A Seventh Circuit opinion warns employers against strictly relying on health care provider certifications for FMLA leave when they possess additional information about an employee’s health condition. Employees who…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
Deep Into the Standard-of-Appellate-Review Weeds, Seventh Circuit Holds That Abuse-of-Discretion Review Applies to a District Court’s Finding About Whether Grounds Were Properly Preserved in a Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(a) Motion
In Ziccarelli v. Dart, No. 24-2377 (7th Cir. June 30, 2025), addressing an issue of first impression for the circuit, the Seventh Circuit holds that a district court’s finding whether or…