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When an employer seeks the advice of an attorney before they terminate an employee, is this evidence that the termination was motivated by retaliatory intent? A federal case called O'Rourke v. Tiffany and Company recently addressed this very question. In O’Rourke,...
A recent federal decision from the Eastern District of Michigan addressed the question of whether an employer may discipline an employee who qualifies for FMLA leave, but nonetheless fails to follow company policy when taking an absence. In Reed v. Delta Air Lines,...
As we previously blogged, employers are obligated under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFRCA) to provide employees up to two weeks (80 hours) of paid sick leave and up to 12 additional weeks of paid, expanded family and medical leave to an employee whose...
When an employee refused to travel for work based on his wife's ongoing heart troubles, he did not have a valid claim for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), a federal court has found. In this instance, the man did not actually provide any...
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, of American households with children, around 20% have a child with special needs. Now, the Department of Labor has ruled that attending meetings about a child's individual education plan (IEP) is an...
The U.S. Department of Labor recently took a new position on the timing of leave taken under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Many employers allow or even require workers to use up their sick time and other paid time off before initiating an FMLA...
Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), many employees are entitled to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year for certain family and/or medical reasons, including: The birth and care of a newborn child The placement of a child with the...
Under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, covered employees are entitled to take up to 12 workweeks of unpaid leave during a single 12-month period. The leave can be used to care for a personal medical condition, to care for certain family members' serious...
The federal Family and Medical Leave Act allows employees to take up to 12 workweeks' worth of unpaid leave within a 12-month period for specific reasons. The leave can be taken as a single block or intermittently for shorter periods. It's illegal for employers to...
Expecting a new child should be a time for joy and excitement -- and not a time wasted worrying about losing your job simply because you want to spend more time with your child. Fortunately, both the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Maryland...