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I’ve Got the Need for Leave- The Interaction Between FMLA and ADA

What do our managers need to know about the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?

Question:  What do our managers need to know about the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? Answered by the HR Experts:  Your managers have two basic responsibilities under FMLA: n...

Understanding Employer Responsibilities Under FMLA

Since its enactment in 1993, the FMLA has been used more than 100 million times to help workers balance job The post Understanding Employer Responsibilities Under FMLA appeared fir...

A “Leave of Absence” vs. FMLA: What HR Leaders Need to Know

The simplest way to keep things straight is this: a leave of absence is the broad category for any authorized time away from work, and FMLA is one specific, federally protected typ...

Paid Family and Medical Leave is Coming to Maryland: What Employers Need to Know

Maryland’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program is quickly approaching, bringing significant new obligations for employers of all sizes. Preparing for FAMLI will requ...

Do You Get Paternity Leave for Adoption?

Yes, adoptive fathers are entitled to paternity leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the same federal protection that covers biological parents. There’s no separate...

Employment – Court construes ambiguous FMLA regulation

It was not clearly established in November 2021 that an employer must first give an employee an opportunity to cure any inauthenticity of an Family and Medical Leave Act certificat...

Amtrak’s ‘relaxed’ COVID-era FMLA policy didn’t cover plaintiff’s unexplained absences, judge rules

The court’s analysis demonstrates the importance of thorough documentation in intermittent Family and Medical Leave Act compliance.

Amazon FMLA snafu led to firing of employee who took leave to care for wife, lawsuit claims

The plaintiff alleged that he repeatedly contacted Amazon’s HR staff to correct the error to no avail.

4th Circuit weighs in on FMLA interference claim

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on qualified immunity in an FMLA interference claim involving an assistant commonwealth’s attorney in Virginia. The post 4th Circuit wei...

Company’s inability to explain one manager’s firing over another keeps FMLA claim alive

Comparators can make or break many types of employment lawsuits, including those involving protected leave.

Sixteen PFML programs, no unified standards, and more states coming

Virginia just became the first Southern state to pass mandatory paid family and medical leave. For multistate employers, the harder problem is already here

Backpacks, Bell Schedules, and Leave Requests

As children head back to school, California employees may need time away from work for school activities, childcare emergencies, disciplinary meetings, or to care for a sick child....

How Does an Employer Respond to an Employee Who Fails to Cooperate with the FMLA Second- or Third-Opinion Process (or Fa...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Russ, a bus driver, takes medical leave from work on 24 different occasions without following the employer’s call-in procedure, and then pr...

Is an Employer Required to Allow an Employee to “Cure” a Seemingly Fraudulent FMLA Medical Certification?

Imagine receiving an FMLA medical certification from your employee, Dan, that has his handwriting all over it except for the physician’s signature. Your fraud radar is screaming, s...

NJ Labor Department Clarifies Employers’ Obligations for Workers’ Job Protection Under Temporary Disability, Family Leav...

New Maryland DOL Resources Help Employers Prepare for FAMLI

Must employers always wait before clarifying FMLA certifications with providers? Not necessarily, 4th Circuit says

The ruling suggests employers don’t necessarily have to wait for workers to fix authenticity problems with Family and Medical Leave Act certification documents.

NJDOL Issues FAQs Making Clear That TDI/FLI Recipients Have Job Protection Under the NJFLA

San Francisco’s Paid Parental Leave Ordinance Eligibility Shortened

San Francisco has finalized amendments to the city’s Paid Parental Leave Ordinance. The most significant change: employees will now qualify for employer-paid parental leave benefit...

New Jersey Employers Take Note: Expanded Family Leave Rights and Mandatory Online Separation Reporting

New Jersey amendments effective July 17 expand coverage and eligibility under the New Jersey Family Leave Act. The employer coverage threshold will decrease from 30 or more employe...

Treasury, IRS Issue Guidance on the Permanent Expansion of Paid Family and Medical Leave Under the Working Families Tax...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2026-28, providing guidance on the employer credit for paid family and medical leave under t...

Update: New Jersey Department of Labor Issues New Guidance on Recent Amendments to Temporary Disability and Family Leave...

On July 10, 2026, Sills Cummis published a Client Alert that discussed recent updates to the New Jersey Temporary Disability Insurance (“TDI”) and Family Leave Insurance (“FLI”) an...

IRS Notice 2026-28: New Guidance on Calculating the Paid Family and Medical Leave Credit

The federal employer credit for paid family and medical leave was scheduled to expire after 2025. Congress instead made the credit permanent and substantially changed how employers...