Late yesterday, the Internal Revenue Service took a hard line on an employee’s need for emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) and emergency paid FMLA (FMLA+), taking the position that only one caretaker can take leave for a child whose school or childcare is closed. Moreover, if the child is over 14 years old, the parent
DOL Publishes Third Round of FAQs on Paid Leave Law: Agency Covers Total Leave Entitlement, Return to Work, Help for Small Employers, Excludes Health Care Providers
Who wants Part III? Come on, you know you’ve been craving this all weekend.
More FAQs.
It’s like winning a cake eating contest, and the prize is . . . more cake.
Late Saturday night, the Department of Labor issued a third round of Q&As (FAQs #38-59) aimed at helping employers administer emergency paid sick
DOL Publishes Second Round of FAQs on Paid Leave Law: Agency Addresses Documentation, Intermittent Leave, Furloughs, and “Top Off” Policies
For the record, I’m not getting much sleep this week, thanks to the Department of Labor. But it’s evident the DOL isn’t getting much sleep either.
Late last evening, the DOL issued a second round of Q&As (FAQs #15-37) aimed at helping employers administer emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) and paid FMLA leave (FMLA+) as
Access our Webinar Recording and other Key Resources to Navigate Coronavirus Issues and the New Paid Sick Leave and Paid FMLA Law
Thanks to those who attended my webinar on Monday with my Littler colleagues Alexis Knapp and Jim Paretti on “Practical Issues for Employers in Navigating the New Federal Emergency Paid FMLA and Sick Leave Mandates.” A link to access the recording and PowerPoint slides can be found here.
To the nearly 14,000
DOL Publishes Initial Guidance on How to Implement Emergency Paid Sick and Paid FMLA Leave
Late yesterday afternoon, the Department of Labor issued an initial question and answer guidance aimed at helping employers administer emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) and paid FMLA leave (FMLA+) as part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (pdf), which aims to provide initial relief to American workers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
IRS, DOL Announce Plan for Employers to “Swiftly” Recover the Cost of Providing Coronavirus-Related Leave to Employees
After passage last week of the Emergency paid sick leave and paid FMLA law, employers have been clamoring for guidance on the timing of reimbursement by the federal government for any paid leave they provide their employees after the law goes into effect on April 2, 2020. In fact, many employers have had to
Are the DOL’s Proposed New FMLA Forms Just Another Version of Hamburger Helper?
Contrary to popular opinion, the biggest news lately out of the U.S. Department of Labor is not the fact that the agency just this week announced a final rule that would make over one million American workers newly eligible for overtime pay.
Oh, no way!
Why worry about minimum wage and overtime issues when the
DOL Declares That Parent Attendance at School IEP Meetings Are Covered by the FMLA
If I gave you a million tries, you’d never guess that the next Department of Labor FMLA opinion letter would answer the question [wait for it . . .]: Is an employee’s attendance at a child’s IEP meeting covered by the FMLA?
The Answer? Yes. Most definitely, yes.
In an opinion
Something is Afoot at the DOL: Could New FMLA Regulations or Forms Be on the Horizon?
It’s been just over 10 years since the Department of Labor last introduced wholesale changes to the FMLA regulations.
Remember those happy days back in 2009, when we were introduced to new FMLA notice requirements (for all), clarity over employee eligibility and holidays, emphasis on call-in procedures, favorable bonus language and waivers of FMLA rights?
Next Time Your Employee Requests FMLA Leave, Choose Sincerity with a Touch of Empathy
When it comes to administering FMLA, I’ll admit — I have grown cynical and hardened. Like a doctor who becomes desensitized to blood and guts, I, too, have become desensitized to an employee’s antics while on FMLA leave.
Taking FMLA leave for a beach vacation, you say? Sounds likely. Caring for your dying mother when,