News & Analysis as of

Paid Leave Corporate Counsel Medical Leave

Fisher Phillips

Governor Signs Sweeping Changes to Untangle Oregon’s Jumbled Leave Laws: Key Takeaways and a 5-Step Action Plan for Employers

Fisher Phillips on

Governor Kotek signed a bill into law today harmonizing Oregon’s overlapping and confusing set of leave laws. The new framework distinguishes different types of leave events under the state’s various laws and stops those...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Employer Avoids “Cat’s Paw” Liability in FMLA Retaliation Case Through Independent Review

Poyner Spruill LLP on

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for taking FMLA leave. In the case of Parker v. United Airlines, Inc., which recently reached the United States Court of Appeals...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

New Paid Family Leave Laws Sprout in Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia Region

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

Both Maryland and Virginia have joined the District of Columbia in enacting laws relating to paid family and medical leave for private-sector workers. Following in the footsteps of the District of Columbia, the Maryland law...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Keep in Touch: Fourth Circuit Issues Reminder of The Importance of Communicating With Employees on Leave

Poyner Spruill LLP on

Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit—the court that decides federal appeals from South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland—issued an unpublished opinion that serves...more

Fisher Phillips

November 2020: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Fast Facts about the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLA) Provisions of the Family First Coronavirus Response...

On March 18, 2020, the FFCRA was enacted.  Below are some fast facts employers need to know regarding how the FFCRA has modified the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)....more

Cozen O'Connor

Countdown to 2020: Five Hot Compliance Tips to Keep HR Professionals Out of Hot Water

Cozen O'Connor on

It is time to make sure you are ready for 2020 (and beyond). Here are five (5) hot HR compliance issues you should be tracking and implementing: New Salary Thresholds for Exempt Employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act -...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Perfect Attendance Benefits Interfered With FMLA Rights

Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, employers cannot penalize employees for use of FMLA leave. Earlier this month, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals found that an employer’s resetting of a perfect attendance program...more

Littler

New Act in Puerto Rico Establishes a Special Paid Leave for Employees Suffering from Catastrophic Illnesses

Littler on

The Governor of Puerto Rico recently signed into law Act No. 28 (“Act 28”), entitling all employees, including temporary employees, to take up to six days of paid leave per year if they suffer from a “catastrophic illness.”...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

2018 Tax Reform Series: Is Your Company Eligible For A Tax Credit For Paid Leave?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

Below is the third article in our series covering the employee benefits-related changes contained in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed by the President on December 22, 2017. The Act provides employers with a welcome tax...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Washington Enacts Paid Family And Medical Leave Law

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

All Washington employers must provide paid family and medical leave under a bill signed by Governor Jay Inslee on July 5, 2017. The new law creates an insurance fund that employers and employees both pay into, with a 0.4...more

Epstein Becker & Green

The District of Columbia Passes the Nation’s Most Expansive Paid Family and Medical Leave Law

Epstein Becker & Green on

On February 15, 2017, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she will not veto the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 (Bill 21-415) (“Act”), previously passed by the D.C. Council on December 22, 2016....more

Littler

DC Bill Would Provide Most Generous Paid Leave Benefits in the Nation

Littler on

On October 6, 2015, the District of Columbia Council introduced legislation that would establish a universal paid leave system for all DC residents and workers who are employed in DC but live elsewhere. The Universal Paid...more

13 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide