Family and medical leave, incl. FMLA (BenefitsLink.com)Headlines re Family and medical leave, incl. FMLA, gathered by BenefitsLink.comGuidance Overview House Passes FMLA Expansion for Flight Attendants- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "Last week, the House passed a measure to lower the hourly threshold for FMLA eligibility for flight attendants." (HR Policy Association)http://www.hrpolicy.org/news/news_detail.asp?ID=3574 Paid Family Leave Becomes Hot Workplace Issue- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "Up until last month, California and Washington were the only states with any type of family leave legislation on the books. New Jersey passed a paid leave bill in late May. New Jersey and Washington's programs take effect in 2009. . . . There are movements in a handful of other states, including New York, Massachusetts and Oregon, to implement paid leave, but many advocates believe time off with pay should be mandated at the federal level. Two bills now circulating in Congress...http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24893369/ Guidance Overview New Jersey Becomes Third State to Enact 'Paid Family Leave' Law (PDF)- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Pages 1-2 of 4 pages. Excerpt: "On May 2, 2008, New Jersey Governor Corzine signed the 'Paid Family Leave Law,' which allows New Jersey employees to take up to six weeks of partially paid leave to care for sick family members or to care for and bond with newborn or newly-adopted children. This law specifically excludes providing paid leave to employees for their own illnesses. Paid leave under this new law is to run concurrently with leave under the New Jersey Family Leave Act ('NJFLA')...http://www.dowlohnes.com/files/Publication/623c85ef-83ac-4d76-a5e2-00a6d8fc74a0/Presentati... Guidance Overview California Court of Appeal Interprets 'Kin Care' Provisions for the First Time- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "In McCarther v. Pacific Telesis Group, No. A115223 (May 23, 2008), a case of first impression, a California Court of Appeal held that California's kin care statute Labor Code section 233 applies where an employer provides employees with an indefinite number of paid sick days on an as-needed basis. In essence, the court held that whenever an employer provides paid sick leave, it must comply with kin care obligations no matter how it structures and calculates the sick leave...http://www.littler.com/presspublications/index.cfm?event=pubItem&pubItemID=19121&c... Guidance Overview 5th Circuit Rejects FMLA Association Claim- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "Via Ross Runkel's Employment Law Memo, the Fifth Circuit issued a decision rejecting the retaliation claim brought by a police sergeant who alleged he was not promoted because his wife had brought an FMLA claim against their employer." (Workplace Prof Blog)http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/2008/06/5th-circuit-rej.html Family Responsibilities Discrimination Lawsuits Increase- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "A growing number of workers are filing lawsuits, some as class-actions, against organizations they say punish them for attending to family and caregiving responsibilities." (Human Resource Executive Online)http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/story.jsp?storyId=102102067 Guidance Overview Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Clarifies Position on Maternity Leave Law and Application to Male Employees- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "Consistent with its current guidelines and the plain language of the statute, male employees who become parents (whether through birth or adoption) remain ineligible for the eight weeks of maternity leave provided by the MMLA to women who give birth or adopt a child." (Seyfarth Shaw LLP)http://www.seyfarth.com/Newsletter061308/#MCAD Guidance Overview House Approves the Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "The act would enable more flight attendants and crewmembers to qualify for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). These employees would qualify for unpaid leave after working at least 60 percent of the employer's full-time schedule or the equivalent during the 12 months preceding the leave." (Watson Wyatt Worldwide)http://www.watsonwyatt.com/us/pubs/insider/showarticle.asp?ArticleID=19242 State of Administration Policy on H.R. 5781 Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008 (PDF)- (Found June 24, 2008 ) 2 pages. Excerpt: "Given the significant benefits already available to Federal employees and the more comprehensive option proposed by the Administration to fill the short-term disability gap, the Administration does not support passage of H.R. 5781." (Executive Office of the President)http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/legislative/sap/110-2/saphr5781-r.pdf Guidance Overview Male Employees Covered by the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Excerpt: "In a surprise development last week, a Commissioner of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), Martin E. Ebel, announced that the MCAD has changed its position on the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act (MMLA), and has concluded that the statute applies to both women and men." (Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo P.C.)http://www.mintz.com/publications.php?PublicationID=1474 |