We are pleased to announce that our little FMLA blog has been selected for the second year in a row by the ABA Journal as one of the Top 100 Legal Blogs of 2012! In its 6th Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100, the ABA Journal also was kind enough to name us among only
What!?! Time Caring for Mom in Las Vegas is FMLA Leave
The FMLA just got a whole lot broader.
In what might be one of the key FMLA decisions of the year, a federal judge has upheld an employee’s right to take FMLA leave to care for her mother during a recreational trip to Las Vegas.
Yep . . . you read it correctly. Employee +
Facebook Pictures of Employee Socializing at Local Festival Drown Her FMLA Claims
Employers and fellow FMLA nerds, consider this an early holiday present: Courts are increasingly dismissing FMLA claims when they find that the employer has an honest belief that the employee has engaged in FMLA fraud.
This is a longer than usual post, but hang with me, as I share some best practices below.
Join Me for an FMLA Webinar: “FMLA Made Easy: Effectively Managing Difficult FMLA Issues”
I’ll admit it: I am longoverdue to host an FMLA webinar for employers. Wait no more! I have partnered with two fabulous attorneys — Matt Morris of FMLASource and Tamika Lynch of Siemens Industry — to hit head on a number of FMLA juggernauts that all of us face everyday.
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Hurricane Sandy and the FMLA (Part II): How Do Employers Calculate FMLA Leave When the Workplace Closes Because of the Storm?
Thanks for the great feedback we received on our post earlier this week about Hurricane Sandy’s impact on employers when it comes to issues arising under the Family and Medical Leave Act. In your feedback, I received several requests to address the following question:
If an employer shuts down because of damage related to the