Secrets to managing FMLA: Setting the FMLA clock????????
April 11, 2008 by Sam Narisi
Posted in: FMLA, In this week’s e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Recent decisions
Employees need to work at least 1,250 hours in a year to qualify for FMLA leave. But the lines can often blur regarding what counts as hours worked. Here’s some clarification.
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FMLA denied
By tatabubs
I filled out my FMLA paperwork for this and they denied it saying this is not a “serious illness.” Can they get away with this? How “serious” does it have to be? I could have taken him to the ER to have the day excused but why waste the …
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House passes bill to provide FMLA leave to airline flight crews
CCH - USA
To qualify for FMLA benefits, employees must work at least 60 percent of a normal 40-hour work week in the year preceding FMLA leave, which is about 1250 …
Tricky FMLA questions: The 12 month requirement
By Sam Narisi
An employee must work for the company [...]

Discharge for improper certification, failure to remedy didn’t violate FMLA
CCH - USA
A married couple, who were both fired as a result of the denial of their retroactive applications for FMLA leave and who had records of absenteeism, …
The heinous suicidal story at United Technologies Corporation (UTC)
The first event was when UTC retaliated against me on [...]

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…

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 [...]

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…
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