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The FMLA – A Detailed Review of the Family and Medical Leave Act

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The FMLA and the employment rights and circumstances it seeks to protect are many times complicated and delicate to address in real-time. Employees and employers alike can find themselves frustrated with understanding the...more

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The U.S. Mental Health Crisis – Mental Health: Beyond the ADA and FMLA

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Real World Impact: This article is a continuation of a series of Alerts providing guidance for employers on mental health in the workplace and specifically addresses how employers can not only meet the requirements of the...more

Burr & Forman

Managing Employee Leave: A Guide to Compliance and Best Practices

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Employee leave management has become an increasingly complex aspect of human resources, requiring a solid understanding of intersecting federal laws and company policies. From accommodating medical needs to maintaining...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Navigating Employee Leave and Reasonable Accommodation Requests Under the FMLA, ADA, and PWFA

In this episode, AGG Employment partners Ed Cadagin and Megan Mitchell discuss considerations for employers addressing leave and reasonable accommodation requests from employees. In particular, Megan and Ed focus on the...more

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5 Ways to Support Employees in the Sandwich Generation Managing Child and Elder Care

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It’s hard enough to juggle a career and childcare responsibilities — but many employees with young children also have aging parents who need their help, too. Expenses, time constraints, emotional decision-making, and...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

[Event] Labor and Employment Seminar - March 13th, Chattanooga, TN

Join us for an engaging and informative labor-and-employment seminar designed to keep you abreast of the ever-evolving legal and regulatory landscape! This complimentary event is tailored for executives, management, and HR...more

Ruder Ware

What to Expect When Your Employee is Expecting Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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For many years, employers have been operating within the confines of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), and the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (“WFEA”) when a pregnant employee...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Part 2 in Heatwaves of Drama: A Case Study in "What Not To Do" for Southeastern HR Professionals

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The session used the firm’s signature Live-Action Role-Play (LARP) technique to feature insights from Ken Gray, leader of the Labor and Employment Law Group, Amy Fitzhugh, a professional licensing attorney, and Hayley Wells,...more

Lathrop GPM

[Event] Employment & Labor Law Seminar - Minneapolis Area - October 23rd, Brooklyn Park, MN

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Join us for Lathrop GPM’s annual Employment and Labor Law Seminar, once again offered in two locations – Kansas City on Tuesday, October 1 and Minneapolis on Wednesday, October 23. The full-day seminar will address current...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Restricting Remote Work Interfered With Employee's FMLA Rights

The Family and Medical Leave Act does not require employers to allow qualified employees to work remotely. While such requests may fall under the Americans with Disabilities Act’s reasonable accommodation obligation, the FMLA...more

Lathrop GPM

[Event] Employment & Labor Law Seminar - Kansas City Area - October 1st, Overland Park, KS

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Join us for Lathrop GPM’s annual Employment and Labor Law Seminar, once again offered in two locations – Kansas City on Tuesday, October 1 and Minneapolis on Wednesday, October 23. The full-day seminar will address current...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

A USERRA Leave Primer for Manufacturing Employers

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Manufacturers rely on consistent employee attendance to operate production lines and meet critical delivery deadlines to customers. The best-laid production plans can be disrupted by employee absences leaving a gap in the...more

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Best of EntertainHR 2023

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Pop culture—the modern “popular culture” transmitted via the mass media and aimed particularly at younger people—shapes and is shaped by the world around us. And, with nearly 5.5 billion TV viewers worldwide, it’s no surprise...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Employers Under Fire: How to Address Employee Pay and Related Issues When Faced with Natural Disasters

As you have no doubt seen in the news, and may have even experienced first-hand, there have been extreme weather conditions throughout the country, including fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. When natural disasters...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Happy Veterans' Day 2022!

Here's a handy summary of the federal employment laws that apply to vets. In honor of Veterans Day, I'm republishing, with a few edits, a post I wrote in 2020 that summarizes the federal employment laws that apply to...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

[Webinar] 2022 Annual Labor & Employment Update - December 9th, 9:00 am - 4:10 pm ET

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On December 9, our Labor and Employment Group will present its annual full-day webinar on updates and developments in labor and employment law. Topics to be discussed include state legislative updates, conduct and behavior...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

What Employers Need to Know in a Post-Dobbs Landscape

On June 24, 2022, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the United States Supreme Court overturned both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and held the access to abortion is not a right protected by the...more

Burr & Forman

What Employers Need To Know in a Post-Roe World

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On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that protected a woman’s right to have an abortion. In Dobbs, the Supreme Court...more

Fisher Phillips

An Employer’s Guide to Workplace Protections for Abortion-Related Decisions

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Employers likely have questions about abortion-related employment protections and healthcare benefits after Friday’s SCOTUS controversial decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. Given the ruling, people in states with strict...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

[Webinar] Employment Law Roundtable 2022 - April 21st, 10:00 am - 11:00 am ET

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Employment attorneys from our firm will discuss a range of Employment Law topics, including recognizing the importance of the agency principle, managing the manager, challenging the paradigm of no due process for at-will...more

Dentons

HR Quick Take: FMLA

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Q: We recently had several employees apply for FMLA. Two of them are at least 100 hours short of the minimum 1,250-hour requirement but for different reasons. In an attempt to accommodate the first employee’s health issues,...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Family Medical Leave Compliance — A New Year’s Resolution You Should Keep

Given the rapidly spreading omicron variant, employers with as few as five employees are well advised to refresh themselves on their obligations under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) and its California counterpart, the...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

LICP Talks Labor & Employment: New York State Paid Family Leave

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Whether managing a disability leave of absence, providing parental leave, or classifying time out of the office as paid sick, employers face a complex web of laws and obligations that impact employee morale, productivity and...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Sharing Employees with Other Institutions of Higher Education

Today’s corporate workplaces include workers in nontraditional working arrangements. Companies in many industries are increasingly establishing a core group of employees in many of their business units and supplementing them...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Back-to-School during COVID-19: A Pierce Atwood Q&A for Employers

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As schools throughout New England finalize their plans for the fall semester, many employees are faced with an ongoing need to care or facilitate education for their school-aged children on a part-time or even full-time...more

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