Legal updates for: USERRA

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 4/26/2013

...ce motivated the employer’s promotion decisions, his Uniformed Service Employment and Re-employment Rights Act (“USERRA”) discrimination claims must fail because the employer also considered legitimate factors in making the decisions.... more

by Sedgwick LLP on 4/8/2013

...The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) turned 20 this year. Many employers have finally come to terms with the major revisions to the FMLA regulations issued on November 17, 2008, which became effective on January 16, 2009. ... more

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 2/13/2013

...The 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA" or the "Act") turned 20 in 2013. To mark its 20th birthday, the U.S. Department of Labor released the 2012 FMLA Survey Report and issued a final rule implementing important expansions of FMLA protections and making other clarifications and revisions to FMLA regulations.... more

by Morgan Lewis on 2/8/2013

... rule takes effect on March 8 and makes changes to model certification forms, intermittent leave, exigency and military caregiver leave, and flight crew rules. On February 6, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule (Final Rule) that (1) amends the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) regulations addressing the coverage of... more

by Miller & Martin PLLC on 2/7/2013

... from the new poster requirement, the other change in the new regulations which is anticipated to have the most widespread effect on employers is the “clarification” of the increments in which employers can require employees to use intermittent FMLA leave. The 2008 regulations had been interpreted to allow employers to require that... more

by Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/31/2013

...Earlier this month, the IRS issued proposed regulations that provide much-needed guidance on the new “pay or play” rules (also called the shared responsibility rules) that will apply to employers’ group health plans beginning 2014 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.... more

by XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 1/28/2013

... Employee Management > USERRA ... more