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Your Rights When Returning to Work After FMLA Leave for a Disability The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows certain employees the right to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave during a 12 month period. period. This leave is often taken when an employee has a serious medical condition or is suffering from a disability. When returning…
What Types of Damages Can You Recover in an FMLA Case? The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is federal legislation that allows eligible workers at a company with 50 or more employees within a 75-mile radius to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave within 12 months. This leave allows employees to take time off to care for…
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is federal legislation that allows eligible workers at a company with 50 or more employees within a 75-mile radius to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave within a 12-month period. This leave allows employees to take time off to care for themselves or close family members with a serious medical condition. …
Can New Foster Parents Take FMLA Leave? The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) empowers employees to use 12 weeks of unpaid leave to deal with their own health crisis or that of a close family member. The Act has helped countless employees take care of their families while also protecting them when they intend to return to work. FMLA…
For the most part, employers hate the Family Medical Leave Act. They may talk about a family-friendly workplace that emphasizes work-life balance, but for the most part, that is just talking. Employers want people who come to work regularly and are focused on their jobs when they are there. Given this animosity, it is essential that workers know some of…
A recent Supreme Court case significantly expanded the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime exemptions. As a result, fewer workers in Columbus may be eligible for time-and-a-half and other wage benefits. In Encino Motorcars v. Navarro, a sharply-divided Court held that automobile dealer service advisers were primarily salesmen and therefore not eligible for overtime. Writing for the majority, Justice Clarence…
Eight current and former employees in Northern California will receive $850,000 due to proving allegations of sexual harassment on the night shift. How does this case affect your Columbus sexual harassment claim? According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, six of the claimants were young women with developmental disabilities who were at their very first jobs. The action also covered…
Although many people know that federal law requires employers to pay their workers the minimum wage and to compensate them for overtime, few are aware that they also have rights to unpaid leave in certain cases. This is because Congress enacted the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), a law that entitles qualifying employees to 90 days of unpaid leave…
Women get pregnant every day, and many of them have full-time careers. For most women, there is no conflict between their pregnancy and the workplace. They often work until they can no longer do so and then receive disability benefits once their baby is born. They may even take unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) so…