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Did Your Employee Call Off Today Due to Super Bowl Flu? Throw the Flag!
This morning, the day after the Super Bowl, 16.1 million of your employees will call in “sick.” Over 6 million of these employees will face discipline for their call-in, according to UKG, which...
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A Little Belated Valentine’s Day Gift for Us. The ABA’s Summary of 2023 FMLA...
Love is in the air! Cupid’s arrow came in the form of something special this year – the ABA’s summary of 2023 FMLA decisions! Every spring, the ABA’s Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee...
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In a PWFA World, Can an Employer Safely Request FMLA Medical Certification...
For decades, employers have applied the usual FMLA rules for an employee who cannot work because of limitations due to pregnancy. When these limitations render a pregnant employee unable to work, the...
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Can an Employee Take Leave from Work for Lactation Breaks When the Baby Won’t...
The wheels are turning, aren’t they? This question is another arising out of a webinar I recently conducted with EEOC Legal Counsel Carol Miaskoff and Tracie DeFreitas (Job Accommodation Network)...
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If You Re-Started Your Workplace with Five Privileges of Employment, How...
Beads of sweat formed on my forehead, and my eyes began tearing up. It was one month ago, and all it took was five minutes. I was seated among 35 of my Littler colleagues, all of us participating in a...
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When an Employee Abruptly Requests FMLA Leave after Being Given a Sucky Work...
Meet Ray. Ray is to the FMLA as Patrick Mahomes is to football. Ray is an FMLA pro, having taken FMLA leave a total of 158 times over three years. No joke. F-M-L-A simply rolled off Ray’s tongue,...
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Join Me for a Free Webinar: Remote Control? Managing Remote Work Requests in...
Join me for my annual FMLA/ADA webinar, which comes to you, as always, free of charge. This year, due to overwhelming demand, we’re covering remote work as an ADA accommodation. When: Wednesday,...
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Is the Department of Labor Turning FMLA Investigations into FLSA Investigations?
Every once in awhile, the U.S. Department of Labor rattles its saber, warning employers that it’s readying itself for aggressive enforcement investigations reviewing alleged FMLA violations. For...
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Join Me for a Four-Day FMLA & ADA Master Class!
Imagine spending four consecutive days deepening your knowledge of the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act and gaining practical insight to manage employee absences...
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No Sibling Rivalry Here: Court Green Lights Potential FMLA Leave for Siblings
Let me share a story about Celestia, who requested a few weeks of FMLA leave to care for her sister who was dying from cancer. Celestia was a finance manager at Midwest Auto Group (known as “MAG”), a...
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