A restaurant manager receives a cook’s request to take intermittent unpaid leave to deal with back pain flare-ups that make ...

FMLA provides 12 weeks of job-protected leave in a 12 month period to eligible employees. To qualify for FMLA you must have worked at least 12 months (need not be consecutive), and also have worked at ...

In accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), it is the policy of the university to grant up to 12 weeks of family and medical leave (FMLA leave) to eligible employees during any ...

Attention employers: there’s some new paperwork to add to the pile. The U.S. Department of Labor last month published updated model Family and Medical Leave Act notices and certification forms, and ...

Above all, it’s important for employers to maintain a sincere, employee-centered approach, said Littler Mendelson’s Jeff ...

Brandeis has developed a set of comprehensive family and medical leave benefits that best support employees and their families. Employees may be able to continue to receive pay during an FMLA leave, ...

The employee was absent 11 times from November through May, but her FMLA for that period was never approved. (Image: iStock) When an employee seeks leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, or ...

Drexel University did not interfere with an employee's rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act when it terminated her after she failed to submit the necessary forms to extend her leave (Watson v ...

Can an employee be terminated for going on vacation when taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act? In June, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said no, and that a decision to ...