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Qualified employees may take job-protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act based on their Serious Health Condition (SHC). A new decision from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals makes clear that the employee...more
From time to time we are asked what to do in instances where employees are absent from work without permission, and whether such absence constitutes abandonment of the job, and thus – resignation. In a recent judgment it was...more
Under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), employers are required to provide 12 weeks of unpaid leave to employees with certain family or medical issues. These issues include attending to serious health conditions that make...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers face a tough challenge in trying to balance their obligations under the ADA with efforts to enforce workplace rules. A recent decision out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth...more
Employees Forced to Resign After Denial of Reasonable Accommodation, Federal Agency Charges - HONOLULU, Hawaii - Major health insurance provider Hawaii Medical Services Association (HMSA) violated federal law when it...more
hrift Store Rejected Repeated Requests for Reasonable Accommodations for Employee With COPD and Emphysema, Federal Agency Charges - ATLANTA - Two Peaches Group, LLC, d/b/a Value Village, a for-profit thrift store operating...more
An employer’s refusal to accept a former employee’s resignation rescission request is not an adverse employment action under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), according to a California Court of Appeal...more
What are employers to do if an employee has not provided a doctor’s note to continue his or her leave and the initial end date for that leave has passed? When can employers deem such an employee to have “voluntarily...more
Imagine you have an employee who is out three weeks on a medical leave protected by the FMLA. The employee suffers from a serious mental condition (or some other chronic condition), which has required her to take FMLA...more