Over the past month, as we recognized the 20th Anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, advocates for employees and employers have been clamoring for changes to the Act.
On one hand, employee advocates are calling for a broad expansion of the FMLA that would allow for paid leave or broader coverage (e.g.
Feel free to call me out for shamelessly piling on veteran broadcaster Brent Musburger. But by now, you know that issues arising under the Family and Medical Leave Act are part of the American fabric as much as baseball and apple pie, right? Well, at least on this blog it is.
For those of
This scenario is all too familiar for employers: shortly before Christmas, your employee requests vacation leave for Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. Due to seniority or the employee’s last-minute request for time off, her leave request is denied. However, like clockwork, she calls off sick and requests FMLA leave on Christmas Eve and NYE,
Have your employees’ absences from work been a bit more frequent lately? And are you tired of the lame excuses they’re providing? After all, there are only so many times your employee’s dog can knock over the Christmas tree….on top of your employee, right?
In this “best of” FMLA post, employers need not settle for
Reports on the street indicate that people literally are lining up and begging for the last seat for a complimentary FMLA webinar I am hosting this Thursday, December 6. (See right.) The good thing is that, as subscribers to our blog, you and your colleagues still can sign up. (See details below.) I hope
I’ll admit it: I am longoverdue to host an FMLA webinar for employers. Wait no more! I have partnered with two fabulous attorneys — Matt Morris of FMLASource and Tamika Lynch of Siemens Industry — to hit head on a number of FMLA juggernauts that all of us face everyday.
Please join us on
Thanks for the great feedback we received on our post earlier this week about Hurricane Sandy’s impact on employers when it comes to issues arising under the Family and Medical Leave Act. In your feedback, I received several requests to address the following question:
If an employer shuts down because of damage related to the
Our thoughts and prayers are with those on the east coast who are attempting to return to some sense of normalcy in the wake of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Sandy.
Natural disasters like Sandy raise a host of issues for employers: how do you pay your employees during during suspended operations? Whether
Last week, I responded to an FAQ that often arises for employers when administering the Family and Medical Leave Act: How do employers count unexcused absences when an employee does not return medical certification?
Here’s a real life application of this question: Kimberly Miedema was an employee of Spectrum Catering, and after having claimed
Q: We requested that an employee have his health care provider complete FMLA medical certification in conjunction with what appears to be an FMLA-related absence. The employee has been off work for 30 days and we still have not received certification. Can we count any of these days as unexcused absences?
A: Before you get