When a key employee takes FMLA leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), staying in touch may feel necessary to keep ...

In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit clarified that an employer can violate the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) by discouraging an employee from ...

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t decide whether employers risk violating federal law if they discourage — but don’t outright deny — Family and Medical Leave Act leave, it said yesterday. The 7th U.S.

A Maine federal court denied injunctive relief to a Postal Service supervisor on FMLA and Fifth Amendment claims, finding no irreparable harm as his employment status remained unchanged after ...

In Jackson v. Jernberg Industries, Inc., a judge in the Northern District of Illinois entered judgment against Jernberg Industries on a former employee's FMLA interference claim, despite evidence that ...

A California federal district court denied Southwest Airlines’ motion to decertify classes of flight attendants challenging the airline’s policy denying disciplinary point reductions to employees who ...

In its FMLA guidebook, the U.S. Department of Labor specifies that the FMLA definition of “serious health condition” includes any illness, injury, impairment or physical or mental condition that ...

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