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DOL Issues Opinion Letter Clarifying Intersection of FMLA and State or Local Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits
Shortly before the Trump Administration started, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter clarifying the ...
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DOL Advises that Employers Cannot Require Use of PTO when Employees Are on FMLA Leave and Receiving Paid Statutory Benefits
On Jan. 14, just days before the change in administration, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter regarding the Family ...
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DOL notes restrictions on running FMLA, state and local leave concurrently
the employee is still entitled to the FMLA’s protection, DOL said. The opinion letter hits on a compliance topic that is of routine concern to employers, especially given the increase in state ...
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Attorneys: DOL is increasingly adding wage-and-hour inquiries to FMLA investigations
Jeff Nowak, shareholder at the firm and author of the FMLA Insights blog, wrote about the trend on Dec. 11. Nowak’s analysis included a “laundry list of requests” received from DOL during a ...
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What the Family and Medical Leave Act Provides
Since 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has protected employees ... for paid family leave through your state’s department of labor or paid family leave agency. Workers and employers ...
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What Employees Should Know About the Family and Medical Leave Act
But the FMLA does grant employers the right to ask for medical certification of the condition from a health care provider. The Department of Labor website advises employers to request this ...