by Girish Anand | Dec 16, 2010 | Federal Labor Law, State Labor Law
According to a survey by FMLASource, the number of employees taking unpaid leave from work under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has risen by 10 percent in 2010. “As companies continue to operate with leaner staffs in a slowly recovering economy, many...
by Girish Anand | Jun 23, 2010 | Federal Labor Law
Moving to accomplish through regulations what it can no longer get through Congress after the loss of its Senate super-majority, the Obama Administration has ruled through a Department of Labor (DOL) administrative interpretation (AI) that gay couples are entitled to...
by Girish Anand | Feb 5, 2009 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) marks its 16th anniversary today (Feb. 5, 2009) in a beefed-up version that now allows family of service members to take up to 26 weeks of unpaid leave to care for their relatives in the military. Of course, provisions for 12...
by Girish Anand | Jan 23, 2009 | Federal Labor Law
Under the existing provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act, employees at a firm with 50 or more employees within a 75-mile radius need to have worked 1,250 hours in the previous 12-month period to qualify for 12 weeks of unpaid leave (26 weeks if related to...
by Girish Anand | Dec 10, 2008 | Federal Labor Law
Mostly right, I guess, given the composition of the current administration. Much indeed has been made of Bush’s so-called “midnight regulations,” which no doubt face reversal under Obama and the Democratic Congress, but one set of regulations looks...