More and more companies have either instituted adoption benefits or increased the ones they already offer, convinced that it just makes good business sense.
The U.S. Department of Justice is best known these days for waging the war on terrorism, but it also has the responsibility of enforcing the False Claims Act - the law allows lawsuits against those who file false claims for federal benefits.
One thing we can count on about FMLA, just when you think you’ve uncovered the last tricky little aspect to the regulation, up pop four or five more....
Employers are accustomed to dealing with increases in sick days during
flu season, but what about increases in FMLA leave? The FMLA is intended to apply
to situations where an employee has a serious health condition.
Long before the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was passed, HR pros and other managers got used to deciding which members of their workforces were exempt and which were nonexempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Perhaps the single most important FMLA case in 2000, the Thorson case, dealt head-on with what do you do with an employee whose doctor certifies FMLA leave, but whose condition ultimately proves to be minor?
Anne Covey had no shortage of questions from the audience when she presented an overview of the Family and Medical Leave Act to a conference room full of human-resource professionals in Washington, D.C., last month.
Perhaps the single most important FMLA case in 2000, the Thorson case, dealt head-on with what do you do with an employee whose doctor certifies FMLA leave, but whose condition ultimately proves to be minor?
