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Posted: | Littler Category: FMLA - Coverage
Week after week, it seems, a new city or state enacts its own paid leave law of some sort.
For employers obligated to comply with the federal FMLA and these local leave laws, it’s death by a thousand paper cuts.
These paid leave laws come in all shapes
Posted: | Littler Category: FMLA - Coverage
On January 14, 2025, the Department of Labor issued an Opinion Letter regarding the applicability of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) substitution rule when an employee on FMLA leave is receiving state or local paid family and medical leave benefits (PFML).
Posted: | Ogletree Deakins Category: FMLA - General
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a significant decision regarding the interpretation of the mysterious “in loco parentis” relationships under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Chapman v. Brentlinger Enterprises held that an in loco parentis relationship can develop between two adults, including siblings, when one adult
Posted: | Littler Category: FMLA - General
Let me share a story about Celestia, who requested a few weeks of FMLA leave to care for her sister who was dying from cancer.
Celestia was a finance manager at Midwest Auto Group (known as “MAG”), a car dealership that peddles luxury cars.
What follows, though, is a total
Posted: | Littler Category: FMLA - ADA, Interplay
Imagine spending four consecutive days deepening your knowledge of the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act and gaining practical insight to manage employee absences and accommodations.
Interested?
For the past few years, I’ve conducted an FMLA master class, switching over last year to an ADA
Posted: | Littler Category: FMLA - General
Every once in awhile, the U.S. Department of Labor rattles its saber, warning employers that it’s readying itself for aggressive enforcement investigations reviewing alleged FMLA violations.
For instance, two years ago, the DOL announced that it would ramp up FMLA audits (as well as wage and hour audits generally) those employers
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: FMLA - General
Posted: | Ogletree Deakins Category: FMLA - General
In an opinion letter dated November 8, 2024, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) responded to a question posed by an organization dedicated to finding a cure for specific diseases. At issue was the question of whether treatment provided as part of a clinical
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: FMLA - General
The DOL Wage and Hour Division’s recently issued opinion letter clarifies the scope of permitted uses of Family Medical Leave Act leave. Specifically, it affirms that eligible employees may use FMLA leave for medical interventions provided as part of clinical trials, regardless of whether the treatment is experimental or involves
Posted: | Littler Category: FMLA - General
Join me for my annual FMLA/ADA webinar, which comes to you, as always, free of charge.
This year, due to overwhelming demand, we’re covering remote work as an ADA accommodation.
When: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 (12:00 – 1:15 p.m. central time)
Online registration: Click Here to register
As employers increasingly
Posted: | Littler Category: FMLA - General
Meet Ray.
Ray is to the FMLA as Patrick Mahomes is to football. Ray is an FMLA pro, having taken FMLA leave a total of 158 times over three years. No joke. F-M-L-A simply rolled off Ray’s tongue, enabling him to take leave on countless occasions.
As the story goes,
Posted: | Maynard Nexsen PC Category: FMLA - General
Posted: | Ogletree Deakins Category: FMLA - Regulations
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held that an employer may challenge an employee’s entitlement to the benefits of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) without the necessity of obtaining a second medical opinion. Employers in the Ninth Circuit may, in certain circumstances, rely on
Posted: | Jones Walker Category: FMLA - General
Southeast Employment Law Letter, Vol. 5, No. 6
Posted: | Littler Category: FMLA - General
For decades, employers have applied the usual FMLA rules for an employee who cannot work because of limitations due to pregnancy. When these limitations render a pregnant employee unable to work, the employer has always had the right to obtain medical certification to confirm the limitation and the employee’s need