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 employer has always had the right to obtain
Jeff Nowak
A Little Belated Valentine’s Day Gift for Us. The ABA’s Summary of 2023 FMLA Court Decisions Has Arrived!
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 publishes a comprehensive report of FMLA decisions…
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 provides workforce management and human…
As We Turn to a New Year, What Leave Benefits Are Employers Offering in 2024? Mental Health Benefits Top the List
Do you, by chance, offer your employees “Paw-ternity” leave?
More seriously, how about NICU leave?
With the ever-increasing reality that the federal government will offer no lifeline to streamline the ever-growing list of states mandating employee paid leave, employers have…
Join Me for a Three-Day ADA Master Class!
After years of hosting FMLA parties, I invite you now to an ADA party!
Seriously.
A party where we spend nine hours together over three straight days discussing nothing but the A-D-A.
Are you excited yet!?! Let me explain more.
For years, many of you…
Join Me for A Free Webinar! Pregnancy Accommodations: Navigating Difficult, Yet Common Scenarios to Keep Employers Compliant
Join me for my annual webinar in which I cover the key issues of the day. Unless you prefer to pay me, this webinar comes to you free of charge.
When: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 (12:00 – 1:15 p.m. central…
In a World Where You Can Be Anything, Be Kind
Halloween 2023 was a tough day in our house.
Every year, the holiday approaches with a great deal of parental anxiety not because we fret over what costume our 9-year-old daughter will select for the day.
Sheesh, that’s the easy…
In a World Where You Can Be Anything, Be Kind
Halloween 2023 was a tough day in our house.
Every year, the holiday approaches with a great deal of parental anxiety not because we fret over what costume our 9-year-old daughter will select for the day.
Sheesh, that’s the easy…
When an Employee Fails to Return FMLA Medical Certification, Can an Employer Lawfully Terminate the Employee?
Your employee, Johnny, is one of your poor performers. Upon receiving his latest written warning, he requests a leave of absence due to anxiety from working in a hostile work environment.
Tell me you’ve seen this one before.
Apparently, Johnny’s…
When You Send Your Employees To Work Abroad, Do They Lose the Right to Take FMLA Leave?
Once your employee steps off U.S. soil, does the employee lose FMLA protection?
It depends.
Consider these two scenarios:
In the first scenario, your employee requests FMLA to sit bedside with his mother, who suffering from terminal cancer. Mom is…