This one is no laughing matter. Actually, it’s downright sad.
A few years ago, I reported on an employee at an Illinois school who was able to raise an FMLA claim when her supervisor ignored her many pleas for help as she struggled with mental health issues.
Fast forward a few years: a jury
In the middle of a global pandemic, employers still grapple every day with the age-old question: When an employee exhausts FMLA leave and cannot return to work, does the law require the employer to provide the employee additional leave? Question 1A surely is close behind: can the employee safely be terminated at that point? Without
This week, President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will meet for the first of several presidential debates leading up to the November 3 general election. Several of my blogging colleagues and I have identified THE debate question we would ask each of the candidates if we had had the chance.
Channeling my inner
On September 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued revised regulations under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) following a federal court’s decision that invalidated a handful of regulatory provisions interpreting the FFCRA. Although the DOL was widely expected to address the court decision through revised regulations and/or court action, these new
Those crazy little rascals at the Department of Labor must be readers of this second-rate FMLA blog!
Last week, I published FAQs offering insight on how employers should administer leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) when an employee requests leave because a child’s school is closed or child care unavailable. As you
As we head into the second half of August, many of our kids are heading back to school.
Or maybe they’re not.
Full day in-person classes? Or perhaps hybrid? Semi-hybrid? Remote? Home school? Dropping out?
The possibilities are endless.
With some version of school starting up in a neighborhood near you, employers will face challenges
Earlier this week, a federal court in New York kicked to the curb four key provisions of the U.S. Department of Labor’s regulations implementing the paid leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, requiring employers covered by the Act to quickly decide how it will address these scenarios in the future.
As you
Employers across America are requiring their employees to wear face coverings or masks while at work.
At the same time, employers across America are dealing with employees who have a million excuses why they can’t wear a face covering at work. Many of these excuses aren’t valid.
Some are.
If an employee claims to have
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor hit the pause button on pandemic concerns and returned at least for a moment to the good old fashioned F-M-L-A.
This morning, the DOL issued new model notices and forms to be used by employers in the administration of the FMLA. The notices
Sadly, too many of my telephone conversations with clients over the past few months have involved layoffs. Furloughs. Elimination of jobs.
Of course, we’ve also discussed the great unknown of when some of these employees will be brought back to work.
At times, questions have arisen over how a furlough might impact an employee who