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 ...

Employers would be blocked from penalizing parents for taking time off to be with their kids.

These tips can help you complete FMLA paperwork quickly and accurately. What is your reaction to the message that you have Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) paperwork on your desk? Did your day just ...

The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor has issued guidance that collectively-bargained leave policies cannot supersede the requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act ...

The Family and Medical Leave Act forms one of HR’s basic building blocks. On its face, the law may appear easy to grasp. Employers with 50 or more employees must provide eligible employees — defined ...

Explore the complexities of workplace issues after FMLA. A personal story sheds light on the struggle for job security.

Data suggests that the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is simply not covering the majority of U.S. workers. The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected ...

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. § 2601, et seq., is an important law that allows employees in need to manage personal or family health conditions without worrying about losing their ...

The Family and Medical Leave Act — a historic piece of legislation that guarantees 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave annually for certain employees — turned 30 years old last month. The federal ...

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is an employee entitlement, and sometimes employees believe that it entitles them to take off from work for almost any reason at almost any time. Some even ...

Nike worker alleges she was fired on her first day back from medical leave. The complaint, filed on October 2, 2026, in the ...

It's the end of the year, which means bonus time. Or perhaps instead you want to offer a pay incentive to employees to improve attendance or production? Take, for instance, a point-based attendance ...