Uncategorized HR Tip: New FMLA forms available from DOL 5 Nov 201827 Oct 2018 The Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) certification forms and notices are now valid until Aug. 31, 2021. DOL didn't make any substantive changes to the forms, other than the new…
Uncategorized Legal Corner 21 Sep 201815 Aug 2018 ADA Lawsuit over lifting restrictions reinstated In Victor E. Pfendler v. Liberty Dialysis-Hawaii L.L.C, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco overturned a lower court and reinstated…
Uncategorized How employers get tripped up by the complexities of Workers’ Comp, ADA, and FMLA regulations 12 Sep 201815 Aug 2018 While Workers' Comp (WC), ADA, and FMLA laws have been in place for many years, the overlap between the three is a constant challenge.The laws have different time frames, duration,…
Uncategorized Legal Corner 22 Jun 20183 Jun 2018 ADA Multi-month leave not required in 7th Circuit states - Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a 7th Circuit decision that the ADA doesn't…
Uncategorized Legal Corner 23 May 20186 May 2018 ADA Employer takes proper steps to win approval of terminating employee taking opioids In Sloan v. Repacorp, Inc. (S.D. Ohio February 27, 2018), an employee who worked 10% - 20%…
Uncategorized Legal Corner 25 Apr 201814 Apr 2018 FMLA Adverse actions shortly after medical leave spell trouble for employer In Schram v. Dow Corning Corp., E.D. Mich., while traveling for business a long-term employee was accidentally struck on…
Uncategorized HR Tip: ABA’s summary of 2017 FMLA cases 20 Apr 201814 Apr 2018 Every February, the American Bar Association's (ABA) Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee publishes a comprehensive report of FMLA decisions handed down by the federal courts in the previous year. This…
Uncategorized Legal Corner 12 Feb 201814 Jan 2018 FMLA Employee can be terminated for unexcused absences while entitled to FMLA absences In Bertig v. Julia Ribaudo Healthcare Group, a nurse was certified for FMLA leave for cancer and…
Uncategorized Legal Corner 15 Jan 201818 Dec 2017 ADA EEOC settles suit with New York Con Ed for $800,000 New York City and Westchester County's electricity and gas utility, Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc., will pay…
Uncategorized Legal Corner 18 Dec 201718 Dec 2017 ADA Another court decision scales back right to take more leave after exhausting FMLA Last month, we reported on the 7th US Circuit Appeals decision in the Severson case. That…
