FMLA

Hurricane Harvey and the FMLA: Are Your Employees Eligible for Leave During a Natural Disaster?
August 28, 2017
Natural disasters like Harvey raise a host of issues for employers: how do you pay your employees during during suspended operations?  Whether and to what extent should health benefits and other benefits be offered?
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Maternity/Parental Leave Policies – A Trap for the Unwary
June 20, 2017
This past week, the American Civil Liberties Union announced that it was filing a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a male J. P. Morgan employee because the company denies fathers paid parental leave on the same terms as mothers.
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FMLA Is Not A “Get Out Of Jail Free” Card!
May 4, 2017
I know that many employers feel hamstrung by the Family and Medical Leave Act’s statutory protections for employees. They can’t do much about the significant negative effects on business operations because of an employee’s unscheduled intermittent FMLA leave, for example.
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Legislators Renew Attempt to Provide FMLA Leave for Death of a Child
April 20, 2017
At a time when bipartisanship is hard to come by, some members of Congress have reached across the aisle to propose a “common sense” modification of the Family Medical and Leave Act (FMLA).
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