With the growth of blogs and other social networking like Linkedin and Twitter, news comes at us fast and furious these days. In a recent blog post, LexBlog CEO and legal marketing guru Kevin O’Keefe cited a recent survey finding that 55 percent of people hear about breaking news on Facebook and 20
Summary of 2011 FMLA Cases: Valuable Resource to Employers
Each year, the American Bar Association’s Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee publishes a comprehensive report of significant FMLA decisions handed down by the federal courts in the previous year. 2011 proved to be an active year for cases involving the Family and Medical leave Act, and this year’s report captures nearly all of them. It is a great
Stephen Colbert Takes FMLA Leave to Care for Mom; Will His “Key Employee” Status under the FMLA Deny His Return to “The Colbert Report”?
According to Forbes and other news sources, Stephen Colbert has taken a leave of absence from his late-night comedy show, “The Colbert Report,” to attend to his ailing 91 year-old mother.
Only a true FMLA nerd would use this as an opportunity to explain a little-used, often forgotten rule under the Family and
Proposed FMLA Regulations on Military Family Leave and Flight Crew Eligibility Published in Federal Register; We Need Your Feedback
Late last month, I reported that the Department of Labor had announced proposed changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act regulations with respect to Military Family Leave, Flight Crew FMLA Eligibility and the manner in which employers calculate increments of FMLA leave.
This morning, these proposed regulatory changes were published in the Federal Register
DOL’s Model FMLA Forms Now Approved Through 2015. Details Here…
As I reported last month, the Department of Labor has been working with the Office of Management and Budget to extend the life of its model FMLA forms, which expired on December 31, 2011. If you checked the DOL website today, you would find that the Department now has approval to use its model
Giants Beat Patriots in the Super Bowl! Can I take FMLA Leave Today?
Monday, February 6, 2012 is a bittersweet day for employers across New York and elsewhere. Just hours earlier, their employees watched the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. For these employers, however, many of their employees won’t be at work Monday morning. The reason? In a 2008 survey conducted by The