Employee leave management has become an increasingly complex aspect of human resources, requiring a solid understanding of intersecting federal laws and company policies. From accommodating medical needs to maintaining...more
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On August 3, 2020 a district court judge for the Southern District of New York issued an opinion striking down certain portions of the Department of Labor’s Final Rule interpreting the Families...more
On March 28, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its third set of Question and Answer guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, updating some of its earlier answers and adding more than twenty...more
On March 18, 2020, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”), which is comprehensive legislation intended to target economic issues arising from the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) during this economic...more
Can the wording in your handbook make employees otherwise ineligible for FMLA leave eligible? The Sixth Circuit (which has appellate jurisdiction over district courts in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee) has answered...more