I can’t imagine anything more exciting than having joined Littler earlier this year. [Click here to read about that virtual love fest.]
But I have found a close second: the arrival of the American Bar Association’s summary of every FMLA case decided in 2018!
Yep, you read that correctly. Every little scrumptious FMLA
Thanks to those who attended my webinar last week with Matt Morris on “Six Ways Your Managers Are Causing FMLA & ADA Leave Lawsuits, and How to Train Them to Stop.” A link to the recording can be accessed here (just requires providing some basic info about you) and the presentation PowerPoint can
It’s the end of the year, which means bonus time.
Or perhaps instead you want to offer a pay incentive to employees to improve attendance or production? Take, for instance, a point-based attendance bonus policy in which employees are assessed points for every tardiness or absence (even for FMLA or ADA-covered leave), which, in turn,
When: Wednesday, December 12 (12:00 – 1:15 p.m. central time)
Online registration: Click Here
Over the past year alone, employers have been forced to defend FMLA and ADA lawsuits due simply to an inappropriate comment from a manager after an employee requests time off or an accommodation in the workplace.
A snide comment about
Not sure where you stand on this, but I’m always game for a good employer smack down on FMLA abuse.
This smack down comes courtesy of the City of Chicago.
You know, the City of Big Shoulders, the Second City (to no one), the Windy City [little known fact: the nickname “Windy City”
Q: We have an employee who recently had a child placed with her for foster care. (It is her niece.) She wants to take eight weeks of FMLA leave to bond with the foster child, but wants to know if she can take an additional eight weeks of FMLA leave when she adopts the child.
I conducted FMLA training this week for a client making fairly significant changes to the manner it administers FMLA leave. They not only are educating managers about their role and responsibilities under the FMLA, but empowering them to play a key role in reducing FMLA abuse.
My client also is making one key change (among
File this in the “Managers really can be idiots” folder.
Kameisha applied for a job at Jersey Mike’s Subs (which by the way, makes an incredible #13 Original Italian sub). At the time she interviewed for a position, Kameisha was four months pregnant. Fearing she would not get the job if she revealed her pregnancy,
Those sneaky little rascals! While the rest of us were enjoying our Labor Day holiday, those crazy kids over at the Department of Labor were still working away. Bless their little hearts! This time, they were busy posting new model FMLA notices and medical certification forms.
Expiration: August 31, 2021.
No more month-to-month extensions
Parental leave policies are on the rise.
Maternity. Paternity. Caregiver. You name it. I am drafting more of these policies than ever before.
So, you can imagine my interest when, last year, the EEOC sued skin care/fragrance behemoth Estée Lauder, claiming that its parental leave policies discriminated against men. According to the EEOC at