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What Federal and State Leave Laws Apply to Your Remote Employee?

By Jeff Nowak on July 8, 2021
Posted in Eligibility, Paid Leave

The FMLA was enacted in 1993, way back when fax machines had just begun ruling the world and we were only learning how to send an email to a friend. When the law was passed, FMLA didn’t contemplate a remote workforce, let alone one that would be hastily relegated to their homes during a global…

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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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