Wage and Hour, Medical Certification Requests, Employer Liability Issues

Suspected Abuse of FMLA Leave: What Can be Done?

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/9/2024

The Family Medical Leave Act (the “FMLA”) entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take 12 (and in some cases related to military service, 26) weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical...more

FMLA abuse: 5 things this employer did right

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 9/20/2024

How'd that happen? An employer who terminated an employee after he took intermittent FMLA leave for diabetes won its case, and recently won again on appeal. According to both courts, the employee appeared to be trying to...more

Curing the ‘Friday and Monday Leave Act’ Blues: Addressing Increased Summertime Absenteeism and FMLA Intermittent Leave - Labor &...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/18/2018

Employers don’t call the Family and Medical Leave Act the “Friday and Monday Leave Act” for nothing, especially this time of year. The allure of summertime fun in the sun can cause an increase in employee absenteeism,...more

Can I Get Some Clarification On That Certification? Maybe Not … Differences Between FMLA And CFRA

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/15/2017

Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), an employer is permitted to contact an employee’s healthcare provider, with the employee’s permission, to clarify a medical certification submitted in support of the employee’s...more

Compliance with Executive Order 13706 – Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 8/9/2017

Executive Order (“EO”) 13076, signed by President Barack Obama on September 7, 2015, established paid sick leave for federal contractors. Specifically, this EO requires certain parties that contract with the Federal...more

FMLA FAQ: What if the Doctor Refuses to Use the Employer's FMLA Medical Certification Form? And They Want to Charge a Fee for It?

Franczek P.C. on 3/31/2016

A couple of clients have asked me recently whether a health care provider can use his/her own medical certification form or “doctor’s note” to support the employee’s need for FMLA leave, or can we require the HCP to use the...more

Executive Orders: The Employment Transformers for Federal Contractors

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/16/2015

As we have detailed on several occasions over the past year, President Obama has used executive orders to implement sweeping new workplace policies for federal contractors and their employees. For example, the president has...more

President Obama Issues Executive Order Requiring Federal Contractors to Provide Mandatory Sick Leave

Morgan Lewis on 9/15/2015

The executive order poses another significant financial and administrative burden for federal contractors. Continuing his practice of using executive orders to implement his labor and employment agenda, on September 7,...more

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