CalBizCentral Helps Businesses Comply With New Federal Posting …
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Changes to the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) passed by Congress and signed into law in late January require employers to offer additional …
Proposed Revisions To FMLA Regulations: The Time To Comment Is Now
By Cal Labor Law
This month the Department [...]

Most HR Pros Uneasy over Proposed FMLA Regs
By Compensation.BLR.Com Editorial Staff editorial@…
(2/27) Most HR professionals are pessimistic about the Department of Labor’s proposal to revise regulations for interpreting the Family and Medical Leave Act, according to a recent Compensation.BLR.com poll.
Comprehensive Changes to FMLA warrant the Attention of Employers
By My name(My name)
The first major update to [...]

A clerk working for a police department took seven months off of work with the approval of her employer. Her employer suggested that she fill out paperwork for FMLA leave purposes. Apparently the clerk took the paperwork to her attorney who wrote the following letter back to her employer:
For your information, the [FMLA] [...]

Staff member testifies before Senate committee
Inside CMU - Mount Pleasant,MI,USA
“My presence as a SHRM representative was to voice the various concerns about the current state of the FMLA that are held by human resources professionals …
SHRM Webcast Reveals FMLA Proposed Rules Are Hot HR Topic
HR Magazine - Alexandria,VA,USA
And I encourage anyone who has an interest [...]

Civil-rights employment laws take effect
KTVZ - Bend,OR,USA
… paid sick leave for any OFLA-qualified absence. Note that FMLA has not changed in this regard, and employers still may count this absence under that law.
Leave expansion a relief for military families
Boston Globe - United States
And now family members who are caring for a wounded soldier or who [...]

New FMLA rights for families of military, while family …
By Higher Education
At the end of January, the president signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. The statute amended the FMLA to provide, among other things, up to 26 weeks of leave in a 12-month period for family members…
Taboo Subject #2 - [...]

One of our employees had been on maternity leave (FMLA) this year. Is there any law prohibiting the employer to lay off the employee for one year? What are the policies for this issue?
By Caitlin
It’s not clear from the question if the employee is still on FMLA leave, or not. It is also unclear how [...]

Unreasonable Schedules Bedevil Bus Drivers
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
The FMLA also has language that allows HART to verify the serious medical condition and identify anyone who may abuse the system. HART may, under the FMLA, …
Civil-rights employment laws take effect
Salem Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
Note that FMLA has not changed in this regard, and employers still may [...]

Labor Department to publish proposed FMLA rule changes
CCH - USA
The US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has published its long-anticipated revisions to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) regulations in …
FMLA update: Military-related FMLA leave for “next of kin”, plus …
By admin
Among other things, section 585 of the NDAA amends the Family [...]

Poster Compliance Center Advises US Employers that Temporary FMLA Military Leave Poster is “Optional” Posting
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
(BUSINESS WIRE)–The US Department of Labor has issued an FMLA Poster Insert called “Notice – Military Family Leave”. As of Feb. 15th the DOL website stated …
When you need time off
By Cindy Goodman(Suzanne Levinson)
Labor lawyer [...]