Interaction of FMLA and Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act …
By carlcbosland
Notably, the law permits an employer to acquire family medical history information as part of the FMLA medical certification process, or similar requirements under state family and medical leave laws. An employee would not, therefore, …
The FMLA Blog - http://federalfmla.typepad.com/fmla_blog/
Life On The Meds
By lynnwv
I’ve also, as [...]

Some guidance on the ADA’s “association discrimination” provision
By Sam Narisi
For example, you won’t need to make exceptions to your attendance policy to let an employee care for someone who’s disabled (however, cases like that often are covered by the FMLA). To read the EEOC’s guidance on association …
HRLegalNews.com - http://www.hrlegalnews.com
Are my flares disabilng enough?
By FaithS
After [...]

In Your Next Chapter, Caring for an Aging Parent
FedSmith.com - USA
My new agency was forced to comply with FMLA (Thank God for it). AFGE was useless. I’m back in DOD but it was not easy to return to the job I had. …
Important New Employment Legislation Prohibits Discrimination …
Mondaq News Alerts (subscription) - London,UK
Unpaid leave [...]

New laws affect family leave, pay
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
… give any available perfect-attendance bonus or award to employees, even if they missed up to 12 weeks of work, if that absence was covered by the FMLA. …
Arizona - Getting/Calculation Bonus during FMLA
By Caitlin
Does this violate FMLA regulations as they pertain to bonus? As long [...]

Bill allowing flight attendants, pilots to take FMLA leave clears …
CCH - USA
The bill would close a loophole that effectively excludes more than 200000 flight attendants and pilots from coverage under the FMLA. …
Chris Dodd’s dirty-diaper bill
WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass,OR,USA
By Kristina Rasmussen and Brianna Cardiff This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Family and [...]

HR Solutions: Law protects family care-givers for injured military
Springfield Business Journal - Springfield,MO,USA
The rationale behind the amendment to FMLA is the enormous amount of documentation proving that soldiers injured in battle are surviving in record numbers. …
Exception to FMLA’s substance abuse rules
Indianapolis Star - United States
Absences covered by the FMLA, however, do not accumulate under [...]

Employment Law Firm From Dallas Reports President Bush Signs into Law …
WiredPRNews.com (press release) - Dallas,TX,USA
This act amends the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”) by creating two new qualifying events for which an employee may take leave. …
SHRM discussion to center on FMLA updates
Saipan Tribune - Saipan,Northern Mariana Islands,Micronesia
The Thursday meeting will provide [...]

Smith v. The Hope School, Not Reported in F.Supp.2d, 2008 WL 1722194) (C.D. Ill., 2008)
Tanum Smith worked for The Hope School (currently known as The Hope Institute) from May 5, 2005 through September 19, 2006. The Hope School is a school for children with developmental disabilities. Smith individually worked with students as an [...]

New Jersey’s paid leave law has pros and cons
Plain Dealer - Blackwood,NJ,USA
The new paid family leave does not change the existing federal Family and Medical Leave Act (”FMLA”) or the New Jersey FLA, which already requires that …
Equal Pay For Mother’s Day
Forbes - NY,USA
While the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides up to 12 [...]

More than three-quarters of US workers know someone who’s taken FMLA leave
CCH - USA
More than three-quarters of US employees know someone who has taken Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, according to a Tell It NowSM poll by ComPsych …
Law: A take on the changing FMLA from the Phila. firm of Pepper …
By Higher [...]