Managing Leaves of Absence

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on December 8, 2018 Effective March 18, 2019, the New York City Human Rights Law will be amended requiring New York City employers with 15 or more employees to provide their employees with reasonable unpaid or paid break time and a private space to express milk.  Under the new … Read more

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