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- FMLA — Love It And ‘Leave' It
- The Family Medical Leave Act FMLA is now a well-established member of the family of federal employment laws counties must manage. FMLA provides an entitlement for county employees to take unpaid or paid leave of 12 weeks in a 12 month period for "serious" medical conditions affecting the employee or...
- White papers 2001-10-15
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- Labor Dept. regs more trouble for retailers - medical leave provisions of the Family Medical Leave Act - Washington Report - Column
- When Congress enacted the Family Medical Leave Act earlier this year, many retailers dismissed the new federal requirements as a minor bureaucratic inconvenience. After all, the law does not expect employers to pay wages to workers while they take advantage of the new leave provisions. And many companies already...
- Research articles 1993-07-05
- Family Medical Leave Act tweaks being mulled
- The Department of Labor is reviewing more than 15,500 responses to its call for comments about a 14-year-old law that affects 90 million American workers. Those comments could lead to changes in the Family Medical Leave Act, which provides up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care...
- Research articles 2007-03-09
- Family Leave legislation pending in Congress: new bill would expand the Family Medical Leave Act by mandating paid leave for employees
- Pending legislation could expand the Family Medical Leave Act FMLA to provide paid leave to employees. Sens. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and Ted Stevens (R-Ark.) introduced legislation in June that would provide up to eight weeks of paid leave to workers needing time off due to the birth or adoption of...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- 8th US Circuit Court rules Family Medical Leave Act can apply to flu,
- Even though the Family Medical Leave Act may not normally apply to absences for the common cold or flu, a serious health condition can be viral as long as the person is incapacitated and seeing a health care professional regularly for treatment, found a federal circuit court.
- Research articles 2001-05-08
- Prudential Group Disability Professional Available to Discuss Absence Management, Family Medical Leave Trends and Issues
- NEWARK, N.J. -- As American workers continue to seek better opportunities to balance work and family needs, the implementation of the Family Medical Leave Act FMLA of 1993 persists in posing challenges to employers grappling to better track and manage their employees' time. According to the Department of Labor, an...
- Research articles 2008-02-07
- Family and Medical Leave Act under the microscope.(HUMAN RESOURCES)(Department of Labor reviews Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993)(Brief article)
- The Family and Medical Leave Act is under the microscope at the Labor Department, which recently invited comments on FMLA regs. The Family and Medical Leave Act is under the microscope at the Labor Department, which recently invited comments on FMLA regs.
- Research articles 2007-03-09
- -THE WHITE HOUSE: Statement by the President on the fifth anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act
- M2 PRESSWIRE-6 August 1998-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Statement by the President on the fifth anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:050898 Five years ago today, the Family and Medical Leave Act went into effect,...
- Research articles 1998-08-06
- Big business: Family and Medical Leave Act is a bitter pill. (Perspective by Herbert Blueweiss; labor policy) (column)
- Big business: Family and Medical Leave Act is a bitter pill Business groups continue to oppose the Family and Medical Leave Act as a costly intrusion into the private sector, despite a bipartisan compromise that diluted the bill. The act was...
- Research articles 1987-12-10
- Employers wait for Labor Department guidance on FMLA; Intermittent leave, vague medical requirements causing problems.(News)(Family and Medical Leave Act)
- Byline: JUDY GREENWALD Employee abuse of the Family and Medical Leave Act is causing employers some significant problems with no apparent relief in sight, observers say. Although the federal Department of Labor, which administers the 1993 law, Byline: JUDY...
- Research articles 2005-07-25
- Family leave to be taken up by House. (Family and Medical Leave Act)
- WASHINGTON - The House is expected to take up the conference report on the proposed Family and Medical Leave Act soon after it returns from its month-long recess. The Senate passed the conference agreement in early August. Supporters of the bill, WASHINGTON...
- Research articles 1992-09-14
- Late News; FMLA expansion dropped from bill.(Family and Medical Leave Act)
- House and Senate negotiators have stripped from an appropriations bill a provision that would have expanded the federal Family and Medical Leave Act to cover family members of men and women called up for active military service. Under the provision, House and Senate negotiators have...
- Research articles 2003-11-03
- Employers fear mandated paid leave. (Hewitt Associates survey concerning the Family and Medical Leave Act)
- The biggest concern employers have about The Family and Medical Leave Act is not so much the effect of the new law itself but the chance that it may pave the way for broader federal mandates, employers and benefits experts say. One such concern...
- Research articles 1993-02-15
- Compliance issues lead companies to outsource FMLA administration.(News)(Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993)
- Byline: ROBERTO CENICEROS SAN DIEGO-Outsourcing administration of Family and Medical Leave Act absences can relieve employers of what is often proving to be a burdensome requirement to ensure uniform compliance with the law, three benefit managers Byline: ROBERTO CENICEROS SAN...
- Research articles 2006-07-24
- For The Record.(Briefs)(Senate introduces bill to expand Family and Medical Leave Act; other news is discussed)
- Bill to expand FMLA introduced in Senate Ten years after the enactment of the Family and Medical Leave Act, legislation has been introduced to expand the 1993 law. Under the FMLA, employees working for organizations with more than 50 employees are Bill to...
- Research articles 2003-02-17
- Making Sense of the Family and Medical Leave Act. (Originated from The Orange County Register, Calif.)
- Aug. 2--Is it a boon or a bane to businesses? No one really knows. Corporate folks in Orange County and across the land are trying to make sense of the much-ballyhooed Family and Medical Leave Act. Confusion reigns. The birth pains have begun. The due Aug. 2--Is...
- Research articles 1993-08-01
- Products & Services; Liberty Mutual introduces Family and Medical Leave Act compliance product.
- BOSTON-The Liberty Mutual Group has designed an administration tool to help benefit managers comply with federal and other Family and Medical Leave Act requirements. The Boston-based company offers a dedicated unit and proprietary database that ca BOSTON-The Liberty Mutual Group has designed an...
- Research articles 2004-02-09
- Dept. of Labor not expected to make FMLA alterations.(News)(Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993)
- Byline: JUDY GREENWALD While the U.S. Department of Labor is asking for public comment on possible changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act and its regulations, many observers are pessimistic that the department is likely to take action, given Byline: JUDY...
- Research articles 2006-12-11
- California Enacts Legislation To Provide Disability Benefits To Employees Who Take Family Care Leave
- This article is a case of Governor Davis who signed into law a bill that amends the Unemployment Insurance Code to provide disability payments to employees who take leave in order to care for a seriously ill family member or to bond with new child. The impact was employees would...
- White papers 2002-09-30
- State employees may sue state in federal court for failure to provide leave under Family and Medical Leave Act
- Nevada Dep't of Human Res. v. HMs, 123 S. Ct. 1972 (2003).The U.S. Supreme Court held that a state employee may sue a state in federal court to recover damages for the state's failure to comply with the family-care provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act FMLA, 29 U.S.C....
- Research articles 2003-08-01
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