Gigwise

What FMLA Means for Workers in Creative and Non Traditional Careers

Work does not look the same as it did years ago. Many people now earn a living through creative or non traditional roles.
National Law Review

Navigating FMLA: DOL’s New Opinion Letter Clarifies Travel Time

Takeaways The DOL confirmed in a 01.05.26 opinion letter that FMLA leave may be used for time spent traveling to and from a medical appointment for a serious health condition. It also confirmed that a ...

DOL clarifies FMLA’s stance on travel time, school closure in opinion letters

While the Family and Medical Leave Act protects time spent traveling to appointments, it does not encompass stops for other ...
National Law Review

Snow Days and the FMLA: DOL Clarifies How Partial-Week Closures Count Toward Leave

Wage and Hour Division has issued a new opinion letter, FMLA2026-2, clarifying how to calculate leave usage under the Family ...
Parenting Patch on MSN

Limited Labor Protections In FMLA Left This Mom Laboring In Slow Motion

Labor laws clashed with labor and delivery as one mom tried to hold back and prevent her baby from coming until FMLA ...
JD Supra

Bakery Says Employee’s FMLA Claims Don’t Rise to the Occasion

Under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), employers are required to provide 12 weeks of unpaid leave to employees with certain family or medical issues. These issues include attending to serious ...
Purdue University

Operating Procedures for FMLA Leaves

An employee will notify their supervisor and Human Resources of the need to request FMLA leave as soon as possible. If the leave is foreseeable, the employee will give at least 30 days’ advance notice ...
HRD America

17-year Abbott employee sues, alleges firing over approved FMLA use

Goski is now pursuing claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Age ...
JD Supra

The FMLA – A Detailed Review of the Family and Medical Leave Act

The FMLA and the employment rights and circumstances it seeks to protect are many times complicated and delicate to address in real-time. Employees and employers alike can find themselves frustrated ...
HR Dive

No FMLA liability if employee isn't harmed, 7th Cir. says

An employee who claimed Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) interference wasn't entitled to any of the law's remedies because he wasn't denied any of its rights, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
Inc

When You Can–and When You Can’t–Fire People on FMLA

The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has been around since 1993, so for many in the workforce, it’s always been there. If you qualify for FMLA (the company has 50 or more employees in a 75-mile radius, ...
hcamag.com

Get paid while on FMLA without breaking the law

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is the federal law that provides employees who are eligible under the law to use up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave credits per year based on the allowable ...