The Family and Medical Leave Act gives eligible employees up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave for caregiving. But the ...

Ask any human resources professional which law causes the most problems day-in and day-out, and the majority will undoubtedly say the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The U.S. Department of Labor ...

The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires employers with the requisite number of employees to provide up to 12 weeks of leave to employees experiencing a qualifying event. Regulations implementing ...

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On September 10, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Opinion Letter, FMLA2019-3-A, reinforcing the DOL’s position set out in an earlier opinion letter ...

A Pennsylvania hospital did not violate the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) when it fired an administrative secretary who failed to comply with its policy for requesting and reporting leave, the ...

An employee will notify their supervisor and Human Resources of the need to request FMLA leave as soon as possible. If the leave is foreseeable, the employee will give at least 30 days’ advance notice ...

A federal investigation found that San Diego Unified School District failed to recognize requests for family or medical leave that were protected by law, officials with the U.S. Department of Labor ...

Eligible employees who are unable to work (or telework) due to a need to care for their child when the school or place of care has been closed, or the regular childcare provider is unavailable due to ...

These days executives must be familiar not just with the broad outlines of the major statutes governing labor and employment issues but also with how they interact with a company’s seemingly unrelated ...