Regulatory Standards, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

U.S. Department of Labor Issues Guidance on FMLA Use for Mental Health Conditions

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 6/29/2022

The U.S. Department of Labor published “Fact Sheet #280: Mental Health Conditions and the FMLA” in May 2022, to explain leave eligibility under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for use related to an employee’s own...more

NLRB Division of Advice Releases Deluge of Advice Memoranda Discussing COVID-Related ULP Charges, Confidentiality Rules,...

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 7/22/2020

On July 15, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) Division of Advice published 16 Advice Memoranda addressing myriad questions posed by various Regional Offices. While a majority of the Memoranda were drafted...more

DOL Provides More Insight into FMLA Leave Designation

FordHarrison on 10/14/2019

Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), eligible employees of covered employers are entitled to up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave (26 weeks, if for care of a covered service member) with job protection benefits in...more

Can an Employee Decline FMLA Leave Even though the Absence is Covered by the FMLA? According to the DOL, the Answer is an Emphatic...

Franczek P.C. on 3/15/2019

Every one of you employs at least one of these employees — you know, the one who: - requests medical leave because of, let’s say, his uromysitisis poisoning (clearly, an FMLA-qualifying condition); but - wants to use...more

DOL Issues Six New Opinion Letters and Establishes a New Office of Compliance Initiatives

Littler on 8/29/2018

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued six new opinion letters addressing various matters under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). ...more

On This 25th Birthday of the FMLA, An Open Letter to Employers, Employees and the DOL

Franczek P.C. on 2/5/2018

As you might imagine, there may not be a more exciting day for me all year. After all, there is only one day ever in which my favorite federal statute celebrates its silver anniversary! Picture me getting my inner Jimmy...more

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