The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guarantees eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for qualifying conditions. Any employee who has worked for their employer for a total of at least twelve months and a minimum … Read more

An employee is returning to work from medical leave taken under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). How can the employer know whether the employee is sufficiently recovered to perform their job duties safely and well? The answer may … Read more

If you are a department head, supervisor or human resources professional, you may have experienced this situation at one time or another: one of your employees has been working a second job while on Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) … Read more

Most employees take leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in continuous blocks of time. But not all health conditions require an employee to be absent for weeks at a time. Some conditions are episodic in nature, like … Read more

For employees, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a great benefit. It grants them twelve weeks of job-protected (but unpaid) leave each year for the birth, adoption or foster placement of a child, the employee’s own serious … Read more

Whether leave taken under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is paid or unpaid is an issue that can confuse employers and employees alike. The FMLA says that leave is unpaid, although employers are required to maintain their … Read more

Sometimes an employee asks for FMLA leave to care for a family member, particularly a parent, but employee’s plans don’t involve physically assisting the family member with activities of daily living. Disputes may arise about whether the employee is entitled … Read more

Have you ever had an employee ask to take leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act to help a child who is having a baby? Or to care for a beloved aunt who is terminally ill? The FMLA requires … Read more

The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires employers to provide employees with 12 weeks of unpaid but job-protected leave each year for qualifying situations, including for the birth or adoption of a child, for the employee’s own serious … Read more

Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), employers must grant eligible employees a total of up to twelve workweeks of job-protected, unpaid leave during any twelve-month period for any of the following reasons: the birth of a child; the … Read more