First, the bad news: As if HR personnel who are responsible for managing leave requests aren’t already stretched thin due to COVID-19 issues, they now have another item for their to do list: Become ...
On August 5, 2019, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published proposed revisions to the Wage and Hour Division’s Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) forms with the stated goal “to increase compliance ...
When attendees listening in on a recent Disability Management Employer Coalition webinar were asked what they found the most challenging about administering the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), most ...
U.S. Department of Labor headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Ed Brown via Wikimedia Commons) As the great philosopher Ferris Bueller once said, life moves pretty fast. Therefore, it's entirely ...
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Earlier this year, DOL announced plans to review the regulations accompanying the FMLA. Experts had predicted that, as part of the changes, the agency was looking at ways to make the forms easier to ...
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The employee was absent 11 times from November through May, but her FMLA for that period was never approved. (Image: iStock) When an employee seeks leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, or ...
Can an employee be terminated for going on vacation when taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act? In June, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said no, and that a decision to ...
Question: I read that the Department of Labor revised forms for employers to use when an employee takes FMLA leave. I am always confused by the FMLA forms and how they differ from California’s ...
In accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), it is the policy of the university to grant up to 12 weeks of family and medical leave (FMLA leave) to eligible employees during any ...