The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a law that ensures that employees have access to up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year for qualified medical and family-related reasons. Up ...

WASHINGTON — Even 26 years after its creation, employers still have difficulty knowing when to designate leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. If employers are covered and workers are eligible ...

On July 16, 2020 the Department of Labor (“DOL”) unveiled its new FMLA forms. As we previously reported, the DOL announced its plan to revamp the forms in August 2019. However, the DOL made further ...

While most employers and HR departments still are addressing issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") issued new standard forms for handling Family and Medical ...

Ask for the FMLA form, get fired – and your employer could be on the hook. That is the warning from a new federal appeals ruling. On May 14, 2026, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled ...

Drexel University did not interfere with an employee's rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act when it terminated her after she failed to submit the necessary forms to extend her leave (Watson v ...

The Family and Medical Leave Act was passed into law in 1993 and was intended to help families balance work and home responsibilities. Although the FMLA provides a minimum level of support for family ...

Attention employers: there's some new paperwork to add to the pile. The U.S. Department of Labor last month published updated model Family and Medical Leave Act notices and certification forms, and ...

A university employee was demoted the same day she submitted FMLA paperwork – but an Ohio appeals court sided with the employer on March 12. Lena Fields-Arnold had been working at Central State ...