Yesterday, President Barack Obama took the most significant steps yet to push for federally mandated paid leave for all American workers. In addition to signing a presidential memorandum directing federal agencies to advance up to six weeks of paid sick leave to federal employees with a new child, he also called on Congress, states and
FMLA Insights Selected as One of Top 100 Legal Blogs of 2014
Forget Cyber Monday…today is my Procrastination Monday! I explain why below.
I am pleased to announce that our FMLA Insights blog has been selected for the fourth consecutive year as one of the Top 100 Legal Blogs of 2014 by the ABA Journal! In its 8th Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100, the
Employer Rejects Employee’s Fitness for Duty Certification, Faces FMLA Liability
The story is for all you hunt and peck typists out there. But its message is a lesson for all employers when it comes to returning your employee from FMLA leave.
Vanessa worked for Reading Hospital as a credentialing assistant, a position that required her to be typing approximately 60 percent of the time. After
Please Nominate FMLA Insights for the ABA Blawg 100
Dear fellow FMLA nerds:
Please indulge me for one shameless self-promotion for the year. Last year, for the third consecutive year, our little FMLA blog was named to the ABA Journal’s 100 best legal blogs of 2013. Voting is now open for the best legal blogs of 2014, and we would love to
A Triple Dog Dare: Take These Five Steps in 2014 to Drastically Improve Your FMLA Compliance
It’s 2014. And I’m so cold, I can barely peck at the keyboard to type this post. Nevertheless, it’s time to get back to work in the New Year, which always is an ideal time to review and button up your FMLA practices. Let’s face it: before we know it, six months will have passed
Happy Festivus…uh, I mean, Happy Holidays…and a Happy New Leave Year!
Many years ago, on December 23, Frank Costanza introduced Festivus to us. Whether it was the Airing of Grievances, Feats of Strength, or the aluminum pole, yet another Seinfeld episode had us in stitches.
Although we introduced no similar creative holidays on the blog this year, we still hope we brought a chuckle as we
FMLA Insights Selected as One of Top 100 Legal Blogs by ABA Journal for A Third Consecutive Year
I am delighted and downright humbled to announce that our FMLA Insights blog has been selected for the third consecutive year as one of the Top 100 Legal Blogs of 2013 by the ABA Journal! In its 7th Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100, the ABA Journal also was kind enough to name FMLA
FMLA Insights Again Selected as One of Top 100 Legal Blogs by ABA Journal
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
Please Nominate FMLA Insights for the ABA Blawg 100
Dear fellow FMLA nerds:
Last year, our blog was named to the ABA Journal’s 100 best legal blogs of 2011. Voting is now open for the best legal blogs of 2012, and we would love to have your support! The deadline is fast approaching — it’s this Friday, September 7, 2012.
If
FMLA Insights Selected as One of Top 100 Legal Blogs by ABA Journal; Please Vote for Us as The Top Blog
After going “live” a bit more than one year ago, we are humbled to have been selected by the ABA Journal as one of the Top 100 Legal Blogs of 2011. In its 5th Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100, the ABA Journal also was kind enough to name us among only nine labor and employment