Wage and Hour Division explains that employees may use leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) not only to attend qualifying medical appointments, but also for the time spent traveling to ...

While the Family and Medical Leave Act protects time spent traveling to appointments, it does not encompass stops for other ...

CSX Transportation Inc. is headed for trial over whether firing an employee for skipping work because his children were ...

Work does not look the same as it did years ago. Many people now earn a living through creative or non traditional roles.

Goski is now pursuing claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Age ...

Labor laws clashed with labor and delivery as one mom tried to hold back and prevent her baby from coming until FMLA ...

On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter (FMLA2025-01-A) clarifying when an employer may count an employee’s leave taken under a state paid family leave program ...

The FMLA allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks in a 12-month period of unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons, a U.S. Department of Labor FMLA overview ...

CSX did not respond to a request for a comment prior to press time. Except for military caregiver leave, which is 26 weeks, the FMLA allows eligible employees to take up to 12 workweeks of leave in a ...

An employee will notify their supervisor and Human Resources of the need to request FMLA leave as soon as possible. If the leave is foreseeable, the employee will give at least 30 days’ advance notice ...

Question: We have an employee in Colorado who is pregnant and was recently approved for 12 weeks of FMLA leave. Her expected due date is August 15, 2023, and we expect her to take the full 12 weeks ...