Managing the Notice and Documentation Requirements under the New Paid Sick...
As employers have noodled on the new federal emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) and paid FMLA leave (FMLA+) law, you’ve done a double-and triple-take on the notice and documentation requirements under...
View ArticleDOL Revises FFCRA Regulations to Clarify Paid Leave Rules in Wake of New York...
On September 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued revised regulations under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) following a federal court’s decision that invalidated a...
View ArticleWhen Your Employee Cries Uncontrollably at Work, Is the Cry a Request for...
This one is no laughing matter. Actually, it’s downright sad. A few years ago, I reported on an employee at an Illinois school who was able to raise an FMLA claim when her supervisor ignored her many...
View ArticleDOL Green Lights Telemedicine Visits to Support FMLA Leave, Allows Electronic...
The Department of Labor is quickly catching up to the telemedicine explosion and America’s remote workplace. In an effort to ease FMLA administration and address the lightning-fast move toward...
View ArticleCan an Employer Grant FMLA Leave, but Also Discipline an Employee for Failing...
I’ve often wondered — in fact, even discussed with clients — whether an employer could safely approve an employee’s FMLA-related absence and discipline the employee because he failed to timely report...
View ArticleWhen Your Employee Calls off Sick with “Flare-Ups,” Is This Sufficient Notice...
Ed was an autoworker who dealt with apparent bouts of depression for which he sought intermittent FMLA leave. But he also had fistfuls of unexcused absences, so much so that he stood on the precipice...
View ArticleWhat’s an Employer To Do When It Realizes It Failed to Designate FMLA Leave?
Everyone one of us has been there. Your employee, Johnny, takes a leave of absence because he stubbed his toe at work, resulting in a lengthy worker’s compensation absence. For one reason or another,...
View ArticleShould Bucs’ Wide Receive Antonio Brown Been Offered FMLA Leave Instead of...
Hey, thanks for hitting on that clickbait! Now that you’re here, let me tell you the story of Antonio Brown, soon-to-be former football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This past Sunday, Brown...
View ArticleJoin Me for a Two-Day FMLA Party: An FMLA Master Class!
As I celebrate my third anniversary at Littler, I’d like to invite you to an FMLA party. Seriously. A party where we spend seven hours together over two straight days discussing nothing but the...
View ArticleAs the FMLA Turns 30, Join Me for a Three-Day Party to Celebrate: An FMLA...
This February, the Family and Medical Leave Act turns 30, and I am throwing a THREE-day party to celebrate! A party where you and I spend NINE hours together over THREE straight days discussing nothing...
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