It’s finally clear: When requesting Family and Medical Leave Act time off, your employees are obligated to follow your usual policies and procedures. More…

Our team of experts fields real-life everyday questions from HR managers and gives practical answers that can be applied by any HR pro in the same situation. Today’s question: Do we have to do anything special when someone takes back-to-back leaves under the Family and Medical Leave Act? More…

The U.S. Department of Labor, in a just-released opinion letter, essentially changed its stand on the issue of how much notice an employee is required to give when requesting leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. That’s good news for employers. More…

Just when everyone figured out the latest round of changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act, here come two more proposals to modify FMLA. More…

Advocates of reimbursed family leave are giving their cause another go on Capitol Hill. More…

Under the new Family and Medical Leave Act regulations that take effect this month, you could be required to use six different types of notices — and forms: general, eligibility, rights and responsibilities, and designation, plus two medical forms. More…

The move to institute paid sick and maternity/paternity leave in the United States got a boost from the election of Barack Obama and a slap from the economy. So where’s the movement headed?  More…

When a president-elect writes a letter to the Labor Secretary accusing her of not doing her job, that’s a pretty good clue that enforcement is going to get a lot tougher under the administration of Barack Obama. More…

Managing COBRA shouldn’t be rocket science, but there is a science to it that employers and HR managers need to be aware of. More…

Federal regulators last week closed off public comment on the proposed changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act. Here’s what’s coming, and what to watch for.

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