FMLA

Menstrual Leave Redux
May 11, 2023
As reported by the Society for Human Resource Management, Spain has recently passed a law that provides menstrual leave, which will be paid by the government at 75% of the employee’s covered earnings out of Social Security.
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Conflict Between Oregon Family Leave Act and Paid Family Leave Creates Heartburn for Employers
April 10, 2023
Oregon employers (and their attorney advisors!) are experiencing various degrees of heartburn as they struggle to revise leave policies, employee handbooks, and sometimes collectively bargained agreements, in order to account for Oregon’s new Family and Medical Leave Insurance program that will start paying benefits September 3, 2023.
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Maternity Leave ≠ Sitting on Your A** Part II
February 1, 2023
This post focuses on how employers can best support their employees who have taken parental leave—both those who have given birth and those who take caregiving leave and are adjusting to new responsibilities as a parent.
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Maternity Leave ≠ Sitting on Your A**
January 18, 2023
So some of you may have seen the recent uproar over a senior (labor and employment) attorney’s text message to an associate who found another job while she was on maternity leave.
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States Jointly Issue New Paid Leave Guidance for Oregon-Washington Employers
October 13, 2022
In a rare joint issuance, the state agencies in charge of paid Family Medical Leave (FML) programs in Oregon and Washington have issued clarification on which state’s paid leave program applies for employees crossing the states’ joint border.
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Employers, You Don’t Always Have to Call Your Attorney First… Take a Look at the US DOL’s elaws Advisors
July 31, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has provided many free resources for employers to educate and comply with their obligations under a multitude of workplace laws.
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Employers May Use a Private Investigator to Validate an Employee’s Use of FMLA Leave
April 27, 2022
While there are plenty of employees who legitimately need and appropriately use Family and Medical Leave Act leave, there are some bad apples out there who abuse FMLA leave, and employers are often frustrated with how to deal with them.
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Maryland General Assembly Passes Paid Family and Medical Leave – What’s Next for Employers?
April 5, 2022
It provides for up to 12 weeks of paid leave for reasons that are mostly covered by the federal Family and Medical Act, and an additional 12 weeks if an employee requires both leave for their own serious health condition and to care for a child after birth/adoption/foster placement.
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Extraordinary Employee Misconduct: Making Snowboarding Movies While on FMLA?
October 7, 2021
A former Behavior Detection Officer for the TSA who worked at the Honolulu International Airport was fired for Family and Medical Leave Act abuse after his employer discovered that he was making snowboarding movies while apparently using FMLA to take an extended vacation.
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“Taking a Trip Is Not Protected Activity Under the FMLA”
April 27, 2021
A federal court tossed an employee’s rather cheeky claims of interference with her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act, as well as retaliation for taking FMLA leave, when she was fired after taking a trip to Thailand
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Massachusetts: Department of Family and Medical Leave Finalizes Revised PFML Regulations
September 21, 2020
More changes to the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) regulations.
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Extraordinary Employee Misconduct: FMLA Does Not Cover Travel to and from an NFL Game
March 11, 2020
This installment in our occasional series of extremely poor judgment by employees illustrates the point that social media has led to the downfall of many an FMLA abuser.
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