Employer Liability Issues, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Liquidated Damages

DOL Resurrects PAID Program to Supervise Employers’ Self-Audits and Settlements of Potential FLSA and FMLA Violations

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/14/2025

On July 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced it would once again oversee the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program, allowing employers to self-report...more

Return of the PAID Program: Here’s What Employers Need to Know as DOL Reinstates Back Wage Payment Option

Fisher Phillips on 7/25/2025

The US Department of Labor’s latest update rewards employers that proactively resolve potential wage and hour claims and obtain approval of their investigation and resolution. The DOL’s Wage and Hour Division first introduced...more

DOL Terminates Practice of Seeking Liquidated Damages in Wage and Hour Investigations and Administrative Settlements

CDF Labor Law LLP on 6/27/2025

Most California employers do not get investigated by the United States Department of Labor (“USDOL”) because wage and hour enforcement in California is generally covered by the California Labor Commissioner and plaintiffs in...more

Taking Vacation While on Medical Leave: Massachusetts Court Rules on Liquidated Damages Under the FMLA

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/9/2019

On June 5, 2019, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a decision emphasizing that an employer’s well-designed and thorough internal investigations made prior to a termination decision can provide a strong...more

Massachusetts Federal Court Decision Highlights the Importance of FMLA Training and Compliance

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/13/2017

Navigating leave issues can be difficult: There are several statutes that provide employees with different, yet sometimes overlapping rights, and every situation is unique. Employers must ensure that members of management and...more

A Cautionary Tale: How Sudden Changes to Intermittent FMLA Can Cost You

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/18/2017

A January 9 decision by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals serves as a vivid reminder that employers must tread with great caution when managing intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. As the ruling in...more

The Best Defense Against an FMLA Lawsuit: Training!

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 6/24/2015

Quick. Answer this: if one of your employees tells his supervisor that he needs surgery and will miss 2-3 weeks of work, do your managers know what to do? Do they call the employee’s surgeon? (NO!) Do they know who to speak...more

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