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🚨Another federal agency has issued Coronavirus guidance to help your workplace🚨
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Last week, we covered (here) what the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission wants employers to know about COVID-19 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
This week, we have new guidance from OSHA and the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. Continue reading
😮📢Feds introduce legislation mandating paid sick leave for Coronavirus
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Do you know FMLA better than a federal judge? Take this three-question quiz and find out.
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We’re going to start with a brief fact pattern, and then I’ll pose the questions.
Alright, let’s see whatcha got. Continue reading
How do your employees report FMLA absences?
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I’m a two tin can and string kinda guy. That way, not only can I can tell my kids — I have 50 of them — to cut the crap and clip my blogger toenails but also I can use the string and cans to—
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But, Eric, how can employees get FMLA if they are overseas?
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Yesterday, over at The Employer Handbook Facebook page — give us a like — I saw a comment, followed by a snarky meme, in response to yesterday’s Family and Medical Leave Act / Coronavirus post. Continue reading
Can an employee, stranded on a quarantined cruise ship, take FMLA? #Coronavirus
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I’m a little late to the employment law blogger party where we fearmonger about Coronavirus and what employers should do about employee travel.
I planned to take a pass on that.
🔎Your post-Super Bowl guide to spotting employee FMLA or other sick leave abuse🔍
According to a recent survey, 17.5 million American workers may be skipping work today, the day after the Super Bowl. About 6 in 10 of those employees had their Monday absence pre-approved. So, at least you can plan for that.
But, what about the other 6-or-so million?
If DOL opinion letters turn you on, sit down, maybe grab a cigarette, and read this blog post.
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The U.S. Department of Labor could have rested on its overtime-rule laurels in 2020. Instead, the DOL has wasted little time releasing three new opinion letters in 2020. I’ll break them down for you below.
ADA accommodations don’t require eliminating essential job functions, like coming to work punctually.
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Regular, in-person attendance is generally critical to performing one’s job. So, when an employee exhausts her twelve weeks of leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act only to miss another 33 days of work (resulting in a 59% absentee rate), one’s job security may be in jeopardy.
But, let’s back up a sec, as I tell you the facts of this disability discrimination case I read last night. Continue reading