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When news broke that the Justice Department had secretly obtained reporters' phone records, there was a great deal of public outcry. Now we're seeing a strong response from lawmakers and…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Who Cares for Whom? FMLA Inclusion Act Not Quite All Inclusive
The proposed Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act would allow an employee to take time off to care for an expanded list of covered relationships, including a same sex partner,…
Employer Law Report
Sixth Circuit Upholds Summary Judgment for Employers in Two Cases Brought by Terminated Pregnant Employees
By Brian Hall
Two Sixth Circuit decisions issued last week underscore the hazards associated with terminating an employee between the time that she announces her pregnancy and any time shortly after she returns…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Employers Beware: Psychiatry’s Latest Diagnostic Manual (DSM-5) Creates New Mental Disorders, Expands Others
For 60 years psychiatrists and other mental health professionals have been using the American Psychiatric Association’s “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” (DSM) as the “bible” for diagnosing mental…
FMLA Insights
When an Employer Provides More Parental Leave to Mom than Dad, is this Gender Discrimination?
By Jeff Nowak
I received a ton of feedback on last week's blog post, which discussed Yahoo's new parental leave policy and its FMLA implications. Much of the feedback related to Yahoo's decision to…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
FMLA Leave: Pre-Post Protected; Pre-Pre Not
Are employees who request FMLA leave before they are eligible for the leave entitled to the protections of the FMLA? It depends on whether the employee requesting leave will be…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
DOL Audits Will Rise With New Funding Increases
I have often posted on the recently found aggressiveness of the Departments of Labor, on both the federal and state levels, to step up enforcement of (alleged) wage-hour (i.e. overtime)…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
“Hello It’s Me”: Calling an Employee on FMLA Leave
To what extent may an employer contact an employee on FMLA leave about work-related matters before that contact becomes, in effect, a denial of FMLA leave? "Fielding occasional calls about…
FMLA Insights
Department of Labor to Increase Frequency of FMLA On-Site Investigations
By Jeff Nowak
For employers who have been involved in an FMLA investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor, the process can be a bit of a head-scratcher because no two investigations…
SimplyHR
Knock Knock, Who’s There? The Department of Labor. We’re here to investigate your FMLA practices.
If you think this sounds like a “bad joke,” think again. The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) has been quite transparent as of late that it is ramping up…