Family and medical leave, incl. FMLA (BenefitsLink.com)Headlines re Family and medical leave, incl. FMLA, gathered by BenefitsLink.comJury Awards Ex-Manager at Chase $2.2M in FMLA Suit- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "A former regional manager at Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp. has been awarded more than $2.2 million in an employment discrimination suit alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Once liquidated damages equal to the amount of the verdict as well as prejudgment interest are added in as mandated under the FMLA the recovery could fall somewhere between $6.2 million and $7.6 million, said Amanda A. Farahany of Barrett & Farahany, who represented Nicholas...http://www.plansponsor.com/pi_type10/?RECORD_ID=40956 Guidance Overview DOL's Proposed New FMLA Regulations- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed new regulations for the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Although employers were hoping for significant guidance, these proposed regulations provide mostly clarifications and minor changes. Comments are due April 11, 2008." (Watson Wyatt Worldwide)http://www.watsonwyatt.com/us/pubs/insider/showarticle.asp?ArticleID=18912 Guidance Overview State of Washington Adds Two New Mandatory Types of Employee Leave- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "The Washington Legislature has passed, and the governor has signed into law, two new types of employee leaves that all Washington employers, regardless of size, will be required to provide. The two types of leave are Family Military Leave and Domestic ViolenceSexual Assault Leave." (Perkins Coie LLP)http://www.perkinscoie.com/news/pubs_detail.aspx?publication=1649&op=updates New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Paid Leave for Workers- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "New Jersey moved another step closer on Monday to becoming the third state in the country to give employees the right to take paid leave to care for a newborn or a sick relative. The State Senate voted 21 to 15 to approve a bill that would offer such employees up to six weeks' paid leave. The Assembly approved the plan last month, and Gov. Jon S. Corzine said he would soon sign it." (The New York Times; free registration required)http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/nyregion/08leave.html?ex=1365307200&en=7e3ce838d9acd... Guidance Overview California Supreme Court's First CFRA Opinion Underscores Need To Make Informed Eligibility Decisions- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "In Lonicki v. Sutter Health Central, the California Supreme Court issued its first opinion concerning the state's version of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Moore-Brown-Roberti Family Rights Act (CFRA)." (Littler Mendelson P.C.)http://www.littler.com/presspublications/index.cfm?event=pubItem&pubItemID=18616&c... Court Finds Cracks in California's Medical Leave Law- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "The California Supreme Court has given employers some leeway to challenge workers' claims that they are entitled to 12 weeks of unpaid medical leave. The justices issued a mixed ruling Monday on the meaning of the 1993 state law that allows employees to take time off and be reinstated without penalty, when they are unable to perform basic job functions because of a serious health condition." (San Francisco Chronicle)http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/09/BU6P101DG5.DTL&hw=medical+... Guidance Overview California Supreme Court Clarifies California Family Rights Act- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "On April 7, 2008, in Lonicki v. Sutter Health Central, the California Supreme Court answered two previously unanswered questions about the California Family Rights Act (CFRA). Employers won one, and lost one. First, the Court held that the CFRA permits employers to defend litigation by challenging an employee's need for a leave of absence without having first resorted to the 'third opinion' option (i.e., obtained a binding third opinion, where the first two opinions differed)....http://www.dwt.com/practc/empservices/bulletins/04-08_CAFamilyRightsAct.htm House Bill Would Grant FMLA Leave for Crime Victims- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "Violent crime and domestic violence victims and their families would get time off from work for required court proceedings under a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives." (PLANSPONSOR.com; free registration required)http://www.plansponsor.com/pi_type10/?RECORD_ID=41207 Sweeping Changes Debated for Landmark Family and Medical Leave Act- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "Under proposals being considered by the Labor Department, workers would have to tell their bosses in advance when they take nonemergency leave, instead of being able to wait until two days after they left. They would have to undergo 'fitness-for-duty' evaluations if they took intermittent leave for medical reasons and wanted to return to physically demanding jobs. To prove that they had a 'serious health condition,' they would have to visit a health-care provider at least twice...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/23/AR2008042303379.html Guidance Overview Dawson Update on Supreme Court FMLA Waiver Case- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "As noted last week, the Solicitor General filed a brief recommending that the government not grant cert. in the FMLA waiver case of Taylor v. Progress Energy, Inc. The case was argued successfully at the appellate level by April Dawson (North Carolina Central)." (Workplace Prof Blog)http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/2008/05/dawson-update-o.html |