Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on September 8, 2018 On September 4, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division released new model Family Medical Leave Act (FMLS) notices and certification forms. The new versions have not changed substantively with the exception of the updated expiration date of August 31, 2021. Nevertheless, … Read more
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on September 1, 2018 On August 28, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) released an Opinion letter addressing whether an employer’s no-fault attendance policy violates the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The policy effectively freezes, throughout the duration of an employee’s FMLA leave, … Read more
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on July 10, 2018 On June 20, 2018, the New York State Assembly and Senate passed a bill which proposes to amend the New York Paid Family Leave Act (NYPFL), by adding bereavement as a qualifying leave event. If signed into law by the Governor, the bereavement leave amendment … Read more
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on August 29, 2017 On January 1, 2018, the New York Paid Family Leave Act (“PFLA”) goes into effect. The PFLA allows employees to take paid family leave for a number of situations, including the birth of a child, placement of a child in adoption/foster care situations, to care … Read more
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on February 7, 2017 On January 31, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit joined the Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Circuits in holding that an employer’s honest belief that its employee was misusing FMLA leave can be enough to defeat a retaliation claim under the … Read more