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Survey: Most Americans Want Changes To FMLA
HR Magazine - Alexandria,VA,USA
By Kathy Gurchiek The 15-year-old Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) needs a tuneup, a majority of Americans agree, but any modifications should leave its …
Poll finds most seek reform of family, medical leave law
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
Survey respondents are also concerned about whether the misuse [...]

How can we enhance our maternity leave program beyond our legal obligations
Entrepreneur - USA
You can use the FMLA definitions if you like and run the paid time off concurrently with the FMLA (or state-mandated similar programs) mandating unpaid time …
Family and Medical Leave Act Changes Forcing Employers to Change Policies
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
First, [...]

Bush Administration to Alter Employee Leave Protections
OMB Watch
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) allows employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period without risking their pay, …
FMLA Gets a War-Oriented Extension
HR.BLR.com
Late in January, President George Bush signed a bill that immediately extended unpaid leave under the [...]

I was reading one of the recent FMLA law cases - Moss v. Bluecross, Blueshield of Kansas, Inc.,and thought it would be helpful to set out the basics of an FMLA interference/entitlement claim. What’s great about an interference/entitlement claim is the employee does not have to prove that the employer intended to violate her [...]

FMLA News has been scarce over the past few days and I’ve been working on the March edition of the FMLA newsletter. In the March newsletter, we take a look at the claimed shortcomings of the FMLA in the HARTline bus driver situation that was in the news for several weeks down in Tampa. [...]

Feeling “Stressed Out” Insufficient Notice of Need for FMLA Leave
By carlcbosland
The court observed Indeed, “feeling stressed out”‘ is common to the workplace and hardly puts an employer on notice of a “qualifying condition” under the FMLA. Comment: To perfect the right to take FMLA leave an eligible employee…