FMLA provides 12 weeks of job-protected leave in a 12 month period to eligible employees. To qualify for FMLA you must have worked at least 12 months (need not be consecutive), and also have worked at ...

For the purposes of requesting Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) leave, is there a legal difference between the employee who tells his supervisor in passing “I am having back surgery next Monday ...

Intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act continues to bedevil employers in implementing leave management measures balanced with maintaining workforce productivity. When intermittent ...

FMLA is a leave of absence of up to 12 weeks in a 12-month period. Available to employees who have been employed for at least one year, have worked 1,250 hours in the 12-month period preceding the ...

An employee was fired for performance issues, not his requests for leave for his wife's pregnancy, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled (Kelly v. Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., No. 19 ...