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• FMLA stats to help you feel better – unless you’re in one of these 5 industries

  
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  If you thought dealing with FMLA absences was a pain in the backside for you, just be glad you’re not in one of these five industries where FMLA leave is rampant (and for those of you who are, our condolences). FMLASource, a ComPsych company offering FMLA administration services recently collected data from ...
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• Tricky Case Involving FMLA Leave Results In Uncertainty for Sick Workers

  
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  Chicago, IL ( Law Firm Newswire ) June 12, 2013 – If a worker states they are sick enough to trigger FMLA leave, do they need to spell that out each time they need to take time off? The answer is unclear. “This is one of those cases where an answer to the legal question was not made clear by the courts. It’s ...
  6 days ago

• Dealing Effectively with Disaster

  
  DCR Workforce Blog — Authority: 106
  When I started a managerial job with a bank, many of us in the batch were young (read, stupid) enough to believe all those inspirational ‘action’ flicks where we would see a bank’s officials valiantly defying and thwarting armed robbers’ efforts to loot it! Imagine our surprise, bordering on shock, when our ...
  6 days ago

• New Jersey Domestic Violence Leave Bill Receives Final Legislative Approval

  
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  Last week the full New Jersey General Assembly granted final legislative approval for bill A-2919/S-2177, known as the “New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act” or “NJ SAFE Act”.  If signed into law by the Governor, the Act would allow eligible employees who are victims or whose family members are ...
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• 16 Weeks for Mom and 8 weeks for Dad, gender discrimination?

  
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    FMLA includes “bonding” time for fathers. On April 30 th Yahoo changed its parental leave policy . Of course because it was Yahoo, which previously eliminated its telecommuting policy, the fact that they instituted a very friendly parental leave policy made the news. The company instituted a ...
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• Organization learns $50K lesson in FMLA compliance

  
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  Recently, the DOL came after an organization for a slew of FMLA issues, and its actions offer employers a nice primer on what not to do when job-protected leave is in play. According to a DOL investigation , Putnam County Board of Education committed a series of FMLA violations after a maintenance electrician ...
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• As the Dust Settles: Watered-Down Non-Compete Bill Passes; Social Media Password Bill Fails

  
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  Daniel Schwartz T he dust is still settling from the mad dash that is the end of the Connecticut General Assembly session.  I’ll have more in the upcoming days as events warrant, but here’s a quick look at a few items that I’ve been tracking in recent weeks.  Note that I’ve only been able so far to ...
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• When it’s too late to get FMLA: Court draws the line

  
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  Under the FMLA, employers have to bend over backwards to make sure they’re not violating an employee’s right to job protection during a leave of absence. But, as one federal appellate court recently ruled, there are limits. As you know, an employee doesn’t actually have to mention “FMLA ” when ...
  2 weeks ago

• Clarifying Leave of Absence Policies

  
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  I was recently talking with an employee to go over his leave rights . He found out his mom was very sick and needed to travel out of state to be with her. He planned to leave the next day, so we were talking by phone as he was packing his bag. I started throwing out an alphabet soup of leave terms (FMLA, CFRA and ...
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• There are no magic words to invoke the FMLA

  
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  The Family and Medical Leave Act does not require an employee to use the word “FMLA” to request leave under, and invoke the protections of, the FMLA. Instead, an employee only needs to do the following: For foreseeable leave , an employee only needs to provide “verbal notice sufficient to make the employer ...
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• Employer rules can’t be stricter than FMLA’s, judge says

  
  HRMorning.com — Authority: 113
  A recent FMLA lawsuit provides a valuable lesson in what NOT to do when employees request medical leave.   Heather Curry was a manager of a Goodwill Center in Campbellsville, KY. On July 22, 2009, Curry informed her supervisor that she’d need to take medical leave to have surgery. She indicated her leave would ...
  3 weeks ago

• FMLA blunders allow employee’s lawsuit to move forward

  
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  A recent FMLA lawsuit provides a valuable lesson in what NOT to do when employees request medical leave. Heather Curry was a manager of a Goodwill Center in Campbellsville, KY. On July 22, 2009, Curry informed her supervisor that she’d need to take medical leave to have surgery. She indicated her leave would ...
  4 weeks ago

• Paid Sick Leave (PSL) “Fixes” Pass State Senate; Final Approval Expected

  
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  Daniel Schwartz Shortly after passage of the Paid Sick Leave law a few years ago, it became apparent that there were several quirks in the law that would make enforcement and compliance challenging in some places. I highlighted a few issues in a post back then . Well, the General Assembly has been working on a ...
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• Foreseeable and As Soon as Practicable--2 of FMLAs Key Concepts

  
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  FMLA—always rated the number one headache (well, migraine) for HR managers. Learning the definitions of “foreseeable” and “as soon as practicable” helps lessen the pain.
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• Sixth Circuit Upholds Summary Judgment for Employers in Two Cases Brought by Terminated Pregnant Employees

  
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  Two Sixth Circuit decisions issued last week underscore the hazards associated with terminating an employee between the time that she announces her pregnancy and any time shortly after she returns from pregnancy leave. Fortunately, both decisions, which uphold lower court summary judgment decisions, also demonstrate ...
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• Employers Beware: Psychiatrys Latest Diagnostic Manual (DSM-5) Creates New Mental Disorders, Expands Others

  
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  For 60 years psychiatrists and other mental health professionals have been using the American Psychiatric Association’s “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” (DSM) as the “bible” for diagnosing mental diseases and disorders.  Health and disability insurance providers  use the DSM in ...
  4 weeks ago

• Weighing the Pros and Cons of Employer Wellness Programs

  
  HR Lawyer's Blog — Authority: 101
  As employer wellness programs become increasingly more common, so do questions regarding their benefits and drawbacks. On May 8, 2013, the EEOC issued a press release that outlined a meeting of a panel of representatives of business, advocacy groups, and providers held that same day. You can read the full press ...
  4 weeks ago

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