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No Sibling Rivalry Here: Court Green Lights Potential FMLA Leave for Siblings

By Jeff Nowak on December 17, 2024
Posted in Caring for Family Member

Let me share a story about Celestia, who requested a few weeks of FMLA leave to care for her sister who was dying from cancer.

Celestia was a finance manager at Midwest Auto Group (known as “MAG”), a car dealership that peddles luxury cars.

What follows, though, is a total used-car salesman move.

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How Does an Employer Respond to an Employee with a Terminal Illness and Who Doesn’t Have Long to Live?

By Jeff Nowak on May 1, 2019
Posted in ADA
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Andy, the Director of Human Resources at one of my clients, called me last week. He was pretty distraught.

One of his employees, we’ll call him Tom, has been battling lung cancer, and he recently learned that the cancer has advanced to stage four.  It’s clear that his days are numbered.

Tom has been a…

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Jeff Nowak is a shareholder at Littler Mendelson P.C., the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing employers. Jeff has two decades of experience advising and litigating on behalf of employers on a wide range of complex employment law matters and is a recognized leader on FMLA and ADA issues, helping employers develop comprehensive strategies to achieve compliance with employee leave and accommodation issues.

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