by Girish Anand | Feb 5, 2019 | FMLA
As the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) celebrates its 26th anniversary today (Feb. 5, 2019), movement is afoot in Congress to supplant the non-paid leave of the FMLA with paid leave under proposed legislation titled the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY)...
by Girish Anand | Sep 1, 2018 | DOL, FMLA, OMB
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the reissuing of all Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) forms with a new expiration date of Aug. 31, 2021. The previous forms had expired on May 31 due to the Paperwork Reduction Act, which requires all...
by Girish Anand | Aug 28, 2018 | DOL, FLSA, FMLA, WHD
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) today announced it has issued six new opinion letters, which it says “demonstrates the agency’s continued commitment to providing meaningful compliance assistance to help employees...
by Girish Anand | Aug 4, 2018 | Federal Labor Law, FMLA
Sen. Marco Rubio (R.-Fla.) this week introduced legislation to create a paid family leave option nationwide that would use social security funds to pay for the leave in a tit-for-tat sort of way: you take two months family leave, social security pays for it, and then...
by Girish Anand | Jul 5, 2018 | FMLA
Even with the endorsement of the president in his State of the Union address, First Daughter Ivanka Trump’s paid family leave proposal seemed dead on arrival, but after working with Sen. Marco Rubio (R.-Fla.) and others, Ivanka has convinced enough people in the...
by Girish Anand | May 31, 2018 | DOL, FMLA
The seven forms and notices published by the Department of Labor (DOL) for the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) expire tonight (May 31) at midnight, but a spokesperson says the documents are still good while permission for issuing newly dated versions is being...
