Family and Medical Leave
New Family And Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Regulations Address Wide Range of Issues
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New FMLA Regulations Took Effect January 16, 2009, Significantly Impacting FMLA Law
On November 17, 2008, the US Department of Labor issued long-awaited updated regulations governing the Family and Medical Leave Act [...]
Notice Rules Under New Family And Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Regulations –- Employers Win Some And Lose Some
New FMLA Regulations Took Effect January 16, 2009, Significantly Impacting FMLA Law
On November 17, 2008, the US Department of Labor issued long-awaited updated regulations governing the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), effective January 16, 2009.
The Department said the amended regulations would “help workers and their employers better understand their rights and responsibilities, [...]
Family & Medical Leave Act News, Part II — Proposed Revisions to Regulations
Congress and the Department of Labor (DOL) recently took two important actions affecting the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA): Congress created special leave rights for military families; and the DOL issued proposed changes to the FMLA regulations aimed at improving some troublesome areas of FMLA administration.
In Part I, we looked at the provision creating [...]
Family & Medical Leave Act News, Part I — Military Family Leave Rights
Congress and the Department of Labor (DOL) recently took two important actions affecting the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA): Congress created special leave rights for military families; and the DOL issued proposed changes to the FMLA regulations aimed at improving some troublesome areas of FMLA administration.
Today, a look at the provision creating special military family leave rights.
Authoritative Summary of Law on Family Responsibilities Discrimination
We’ve written before about the increased interest in what is being called “Family Responsibilities Discrimination”:
Family Responsibilities Discrimination?
EEOC Issues Guidance on Family Responsibilities Discrimination
Mommified: Social Science Evidence of Discrimination Against Mothers
Legally speaking, family responsibility discrimination does not involve a new form of prohibited discrimination in the workplace, but rather a set of scenarios that are increasingly [...]
EEOC Issues Guidance on Family Responsibilities Discrimination
Family Responsibilities Discrimination has been in the news a lot lately. I’ve been skeptical of the concept, drawing some interesting comments.
Katie Rice touched on a similar topic in her first post as an intern on this Blawg: Mommified: social science evidence of discrimination against mothers.
I’d thought we’d give the topic a rest for a [...]
Hurry up and get your FMLA comments in!
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), while well-intended, has created some significant practical headaches for employers, particularly with regard to abuse of intermittent leave (perhaps that’s an understatement).
The following notice, which I received from Chris Reynolds, the Management Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s EEO Committee, highlights a unique opportunity to express your concerns [...]
Family Responsibilities Discrimination?
Subtitle: F.R.D. — “you can call it FRED."
Apologies to my regular readers for being scarce on this blog lately. I’ve been busy, with billable work and otherwise — and maybe also needed a break from the blogging routine.
One activity has been speaking to several reporters for major publications about my CollegeRecruiter.com guest post: “Employers Using [...]
What Happens When an Employee Has Cancer?
One of the few pleasures of my daily commute is catching Marketplace on my local NPR station on the drive home (assuming I can leave by 6:00).
This evening, I caught a story about employees with cancer — and how employers deal with it.
The FMLA 12-Month Period: How Is It Calculated?
Under FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act), if you are an “eligible” employee, you are entitled to as much as 12 weeks of leave for certain family and medical reasons during a 12-month period.
Question: How is the 12-month period calculated?
Here are four possible answers:
the calendar year;
any fixed 12-month “leave year,” such as a fiscal [...]
Top 6 Things You Should Know About Employment Law
Although written with corporate counsel in mind,these 6 important items about employment law seem to be relevant to any HR manager or even line manager, for that matter.
In what I think is a nicely written employment law article from law.com’s in-house counsel online website, a lawyer lists the six key employment laws, and most [...]
