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Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
EEOC Settles Another Inflexible Leave Policy Lawsuit
Less than one month after the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an employer policy that limits the amount of leave time any employee may take was fair, lawful…
Southwest Florida Business and IP Blog
Employment Law IQ: Nursing Mothers in the Workplace
Consider this scenario: Eve is employed as a counter person at Cars-R-Us, an auto parts store with twenty employees. Eve recently returned to work after giving birth. She asked Cars-R-Us…
Employment Law Spotlight
No Return Date, No Problem: Seventh Circuit Reverses FMLA Summary Judgment for Employer
On June 24, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that an employee did not forfeit her right to leave under the Family and Medical Leave…
FMLA Insights
Think Like a World Cup Goalie to Avoid the Paralysis of FMLA Abuse
By Jeff Nowak
If you're anything like me, you've been swept up in the excitement of the World Cup over the past couple of weeks. However, now that we have entered the Round…
Café con Labor
Lecciones aprendidas por un empleador que perdió una demanda de represalias bajo la Ley De Ausencia Familiar y Médica
By Rene Ruiz
View English Version Here La ciudad de Hot Springs, en Arkansas, se encontró con graves problemas por no contratar de nuevo a Wayne Jackson después de su licencia Médica y de…
Minnesota Employer
Can An Employee Who Receives All of His or Her FMLA Leave Bring an FMLA Interference Claim?
No – a recent decision from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals once again confirms that an employee who receives all of the FMLA leave to which he or she is…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Human Element of War, Unpaid Interns, Natty Light
Just like yesterday, we continue to see a lot of Supreme Court analysis. Also in today's Top 10, Patrick Maines has interesting commentary on the human element of war and…
Texas Employment Law Update
DOL Proposes Rule to Extend FMLA Benefits to Same-Sex Spouses in Texas
Last week the U.S. Department of Labor published a proposed rule to extend FMLA benefits to same-sex spouses on the same terms as spouses of other legally recognized marriages. This…
World of Employment
Ninth Circuit Approves Employees’ Right to Strategically Decline FMLA Leave In Escriba v. Foster Poultry Farms
By Karin Jones
Under the Ninth Circuit’s recent holding in Escriba v. Foster Poultry Farms, Inc., 743 F.3d 1236 (9th Cir. 2014), many employees now have greater flexibility to extend family and medical…
FMLA Insights
Obama Administration Announces Proposed Rule Extending FMLA Leave Rights for Same-Sex Couples
By Jeff Nowak
The Department of Labor announced today a proposed rule that would allow an employee to take FMLA leave to care for a same-sex spouse, regardless of whether the employee lives in a…