An employee is approved for FMLA leave for pending knee surgery and the next thing you know he is vacationing in Mexico. That’s just not right…or is it? The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (“MWRA”) approved ...
Can an employee with a FMLA-qualifying condition choose to delay taking FMLA and instead use sick leave, vacation or some other time-off benefit? The answer according to the Department of Labor (DOL) is a resounding ...
An employee dreamed of saving her job by seeking a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave for sleep apnea. Too bad her employer had already decided to terminate her due to her nightmarish attendance. ...
While we all know that the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) does not authorize leave to care for sick grandparents, you might not know that failing to grant such requests could land you in the FMLA ...
A federal court in New Jersey has ruled that an employer violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by failing to send a revised Designation Notice when the employee’s return-to-work date changed, even though ...
Calculating and counting down an employee’s 12 weeks of Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) is usually a pretty clear-cut matter. However, the math can get much more complicated when the employee works regular overtime and has to miss some of those extra shifts due to intermittent ...
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that a disease in its earliest stage did not rise to the level of “serious health condition” that would qualify the employee for the protections of the ...
We all know that to be eligible for FMLA leave: The employee must be employed by a covered employer for 12 months. The employee must have worked 1,250 hours in the past 12 months. The ...
