Capitol Hill employees are in limbo when it comes to workplace rights, or at least when it comes to a key update to the Family and Medical Leave Act. An expansion of the FMLA extending time off for ...

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law passed in 1993 that provides eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid job protected leave in a 12 month period with continuation of group ...

Commentary: The Family and Medical Leave Act was signed into law in February 1993, and employee benefits administration and time-off tracking have never been the same since. FMLA requires employers to ...

The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday outlined how agencies should apply a recent tweak to eligibility requirements for paid parental and Family and Medical Leave Act leave aimed at making it ...

Businesses couldn't predict the spread of COVID-19 in 2020 — or the mental health implications that followed. From lockdowns and remote work to economic uncertainty, Americans face severe stressors ...

If there is a situation in which an employee needs to take a leave of absence, various options are available, depending on the employee's length of service: FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) ...

The employee was absent 11 times from November through May, but her FMLA for that period was never approved. (Image: iStock) When an employee seeks leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, or ...

Shea Haynes and her wife, Rachael Biel, consider themselves fortunate to work for an employer that has accommodated their needs to take time off. The San Antonio couple, who married in New York in ...

A serious health condition* that makes the employee unable to perform the functions of his or her job. *Serious health condition entitling an employee to leave means an illness, injury, impairment or ...

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law designed to protect the jobs of workers who need to take a leave of absence, for specified reasons, of up to 12 weeks. In March Congress passed ...