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Failing to Recognize an Employee’s Need for FMLA Leave Can be A Costly, Painful Mistake

By Jeff Nowak on July 9, 2013
Posted in Interference, Notice
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Employers, can we have a heart to heart?  I need to get something off my chest.  You see, I’ve witnessed a disturbing trend lately in the court cases I’m reading and in your FMLA practices: too many of you are not recognizing when an employee’s leave request may be covered by the FMLA.

Let me…

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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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