Articles Posted in Family and Medical Leave

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Also, threatening to drag that employee outside and throw him in a ditch. Yeah, that may fracture a law or two. I’m thinking the Family and Medical Leave Act. Heck, even the Taliban would frown on that. I got more on this for you after the jump… Terry Baier worked…

Five minutes ago, after taking the obligatory selfies and between games of Candy Crush, one of your employees texted (because, calling in, as if!) from an Ebola quarantine tent to alert you that she will be out of work for 21 days, while under observation for Ebola. As an employer,…

Remember, over the Summer, when I blogged about how sending FMLA paperwork to an employee via first class mail is a big mistake. Why? Because if the employee claims not to have received the paperwork, then you have no proof of delivery, and possible FMLA interference issues if the employee…

Yep, that’s what I said. More on this after the jump… * * * When Rheanne met the unemployment line. Rheanne Halker was a server at Bob Evans Farms. Hey, speaking of restaurants and orgasms… Anyway, Bob Evans Farms has an employee handbook. One of the rules in the handbook…

Trial is over! I’m coming atcha live and direct from the bloggerdome with a sweet defense verdict in my pocket. Yup, yup! [cue music] [cue music] And what do I come back to? A precedential Third Circuit opinion discussing an employee’s right to return to work from FMLA. I’ll cover…

Really. It’s a bad idea. Like my youngest son using chopsticks and a fork at the same time to eat pho. Ok, not that bad. But, definitely blogworthy.  More on this HR lesson after the jump… * * * I read this case over the weekend about an employee who,…

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. But, if you send FMLA paperwork to an employee by first class mail, then you’re asking for trouble. I’ll show you why after the jump… * * * Did…

How many times has an employee provided you with an incomplete Family and Medical Leave Act certification? Oh, I don’t know, maybe a missing return date… If the FMLA leave is foreseeable, then the employee must provide the employer with the anticipated timing and duration of the leave. However, where…

Folks, I get the feeling you may be inundated with extra blog posts over the next few days. That is, I’m punching this post out from the airport, as I await my flight to Orlando, where I’ll be attending the Gathering of the Juggalos 2014 SHRM Annual Conference and Expo.…