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ICYMI: Here’s a link to yesterday’s FMLA and workers’ compensation webinar. It’s free!
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Whether you were celebrating the second day of Rosh Hashanah, otherwise too busy at work, or love relistening to FMLA webinars, check out a recording of the webinar I presented with a few others yesterday for the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC). Continue reading
Let’s have date, you and I. Actually, how about two?
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Please don’t tell my wife. Continue reading
Court slices FMLA retaliation claim of employee caught golfing while on leave
By Shane Smith, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
An employee with severe shoulder pain sought and received from his employer leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. The employer notified the employee that the leave was limited to up to four medical appointments per year and for monthly flare-ups lasting up to three days per episode.
Then, things got curious.
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Five wage and hour goodies for your business. Trust me. This won’t be weird at all.
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You know that dream?
The one where the U.S. Department of Labor shows up on a Sunday to conduct a surprise wage-and-hour audit of your workplace, all the company payroll records have gone missing, and you’re in your underwear.
No? Oh, me neither. Continue reading
Get your damn story straight if you’re going to fire someone who just returned from medical leave.
Image by DigitalShards from Pixabay
I’ve talked a fair amount recently about retaliation claims (here and here), mostly focusing on timing as the possible link between a protected activity (such as a complaint of discrimination) and an adverse employment action (like a firing).
The plaintiffs in those cases were unsuccessful in proving retaliation. And, in the case about which I’m blogging today, the employer almost prevailed on summary judgment too.
Almost. Continue reading
Vacation Thread: It’s the FMLA PowerPoint that will have your HR-compliance feet doing a happy dance
By Ivan Curra, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
(Not pictured: Eric Meyer; probably off grabbing a Dole Whip (adult version) and a turkey leg). Continue reading
Vacation Thread: It’s another FMLA warning about your dookie ‘no-fault’ attendance policy
By Ivan Curra, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
(Not pictured: Eric Meyer; probably off grabbing a Dole Whip (adult version) and a turkey leg). Continue reading
FMLA forms may be changing soon. What will they say? How will HR cope? #breathe
Paperbaghead [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
DOL: An employee may take FMLA leave to discuss a child’s special education needs at school.
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay
Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor issued this opinion letter in which the DOL concluded that the FMLA covers a parent’s attendance at his/her child’s individualized education program (IEP) at school. Ultimately, this amounts to caring for a family member with a serious health condition, which the FMLA affords for ‘eligible employees.’