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Navigating Employee Leave and Reasonable Accommodation Requests Under the FMLA, ADA, and PWFA
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter that addressed the Family and Medical Leave Act’s (FMLA) provision regarding the “substitution” of accrued paid leave and its application to state...more
Philadelphia employers now face more investigations and stiffer punishment under a new law the mayor approved last week. The POWER Act, signed on May 27 and taking effect immediately, adds sweeping worker protections...more
On April 30, 2025, Congressional Representatives Stephanie Bice (R-Oklahoma) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pennsylvania) introduced the More Paid Leave for More Americans Act in the House of Representatives....more
Over a year after Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) law went into effect in January 2024, Minnesota’s Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) recently published proposed permanent rules (the Proposed Rules) that, if...more
On February 21, 2025, the Michigan Legislature passed, and Governor Whitmer subsequently signed into law, an amendment to the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA). The new law significantly modifies administrative and financial...more
Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) went into effect on Friday but was met with last minute amendments which were signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The amendments contain key differences employers should consider as...more
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows eligible employees working for covered employers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, protected leave during a 12-month period for absences resulting from covered family or medical...more
On Jan. 14, just days before the change in administration, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) substitution rule, clarifying that employers cannot...more
As we know, employers covered by the Federal Family Leave Act ("FMLA") must provide their qualifying employees unpaid protected FMLA leave. In many instances, employers require employees taking FMLA leave to use accrued and...more
On Jan. 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued an opinion letter stating that employers may not require, and employees may not unilaterally elect, to use accrued employer-provided...more
On January 14, the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published two opinion letters, FLSA2025-1, which addresses tip pooling under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and FMLA2025-1-A, which provides...more
January brought two legal updates in the wage and hour space. Read on! PROHIBITING THE MANDATORY USE OF PAID TIME OFF DURING CERTAIN FMLA LEAVES - On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour...more
As states and cities have created new paid family and medical leave requirements for employers, the layers of overlapping regulation have left even the most seasoned employee benefits professionals and leave administrators...more
On January 14, 2025, the Department of Labor issued an Opinion Letter regarding the applicability of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) substitution rule when an employee on FMLA leave is receiving state or local paid...more
The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) has issued an opinion letter stating that employers cannot require employees to substitute accrued paid time off during a Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) leave...more
The 2024 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly, which concluded on May 8, 2024, was not especially prolific in terms of the volume of labor and employment related bills passed. ...more
In August 2023, Illinois Governor Pritzker signed sweeping amendments to the Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (DTLSA) that imposed new obligations on both the day and temporary labor service agencies employing...more
On January 1, 2024, virtually every employer in Illinois will face new obligations to provide paid leave to their employees....more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years — and this past...more
In 2021, as everyone begins to hope that the world will shift back to normal after the chaos of COVID-19, many employers are finding that they have no workers to fill open positions as they ramp up production and expand...more
As we previously reported, Colorado’s latest paid sick leave law, the “Healthy Families and Workplaces Act” (“Act”), was signed by Governor Jared Polis on July 14, 2020, requiring employers in the state to provide paid sick...more
Earlier this month we reported that under the latest stimulus bill, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) mandatory leave requirements expire on December 31, 2020. However, the bill, which was signed into law on...more
The DOL released new regulations revising the temporary rule implementing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). The new regulations are effective September 16, 2020, through December 31, 2020, and are in...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently modified its guidance regarding leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). These changes pertain most significantly to the intermittent use of FFCRA and the...more
The questions and answers below highlight labor and employment topics as they relate to nonprofit organizations. Classifying Your Staff - What is the difference between a paid employee and an unpaid volunteer? Under...more