I received a ton of feedback on last week's blog post, which discussed Yahoo's new parental leave policy and its FMLA implications. Much of the feedback related to Yahoo's decision to provide 16 weeks of paid maternity leave...more
5/20/2013
- FMLA Gender Discrimination Parental Leave Yahoo!
When an employer ignores the FMLA regulations as it ponders a termination decision, the consequences can be severe.
A water bottling company recently learned this the hard way.
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4/19/2013
- DOL Employer Liability Issues FMLA Penalties
This week, I had the privilege of presenting on the "Nuts and Bolts" of the FMLA with Department of Labor Branch Chief for FMLA, Diane Dawson. Our presentation was part of an FMLA/ADAAA compliance conference hosted by the...more
4/17/2013
- DOL FMLA Training
The Department of Labor was serious when it required employers beginning in 2009 to provide individual FMLA notices to employees regarding their eligibility and rights (Notice of Eligibility and Rights & Responsibilities) and...more
4/11/2013
- DOL FMLA Notice Requirements
Is Congress poised to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act again? Late last month, legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would allow employees who work part-time or for small employers up to...more
4/5/2013
- FMLA Military Service Members Proposed Legislation
We have become more aggressive on suspected cases of FMLA abuse and, as a result, we have sent a greater number of employees for second and third opinions after they turn in medical certification. Once we have received the...more
3/26/2013
- FMLA Medical Certification Requests Medical Leave
As always, 2012 was an active year for cases involving the Family and Medical leave Act. Remember the manager who gave his employee the book "No More Hysterectomies" when she asked for leave because she had to undergo a...more
2/20/2013
- FMLA
Happy 20th Birthday, FMLA! On February 5, 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, making it the very first piece of legislation he signed into law as President. ...more
2/5/2013
- DOL FMLA Medical Leave
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor issued an Administrator's Interpretation (AI) to clarify the factors an employer must consider when an employee requests leave to care for an adult child. ...more
1/15/2013
- ADA ADAAA Adult Children DOL FMLA Military Leave
As a labor and employment attorney, I spend a significant amount of time counseling employers as they prepare to terminate an employee. Often enough, the situation goes something like this:...more
12/21/2012
- FMLA Performance Reviews Termination
Employers and fellow FMLA nerds, consider this an early holiday present: Courts are increasingly dismissing FMLA claims when they find that the employer has an honest belief that the employee has engaged in FMLA fraud. ...more
11/15/2012
- Facebook FMLA Fraud
