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Act Now Advisory: FMLA UPDATE: Expanded Leave for Military Families and Airline Flight Crews

On March 8, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Final Rule will go into effect, implementing regulations expanding Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) protections to military families and airline flight crews,...more

New FMLA Regulations Issued in Final Form

Aside 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...more

DOL Issues Final Military Leave Regulations

The US Department of Labor (DOL) on February 5 released a final rule implementing and interpreting the Family and Medical Leave Act amendments expanding military-related leave entitlements and the availability of leave for...more

Eighth Circuit Rules that Termination of Employment Can Be a Proper Reinstatement Under the Uniformed Services Employment and...

In Milhauser v. Minco Products, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 24938 (8th Cir. Dec. 5, 2012), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that reinstatement under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act...more