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How Does FMLA Work and What Should I Know About Hiring Minors for Seasonal Work?

Leave a Comment / Family and Medical Leave Act / By max cyril

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives eligible employees up to 12 workweeks of unpaid leave each year. In addition, employers must maintain employees’ group health benefits during the leave as if employees continued to work instead of taking leave. Also, employees are also entitled to return to their same or an equivalent job …

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The Culinary Union Faces Its Biggest Test as Coronavirus Shuts Down Vegas

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There may be no more vivid illustration of the economic havoc being wreaked by the coronavirus than the rapid shutdown of the Las Vegas strip. What was a booming tourist destination a week ago is now in the process of becoming a locked down row of empty buildings. For the Culinary Union, whose 60,000 members …

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Kamala Harris goes big and bold with proposal for six months of paid family leave

Sen. Kamala Harris is offering up an expansive new paid family leave proposal. Harris had previously co-sponsored the FAMILY Act, which would provide three months of paid family leave—but now she’s calling for six months. Harris’ plan also calls for families with incomes under $75,000 to get full income replacement, with higher earners getting a …

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When It Comes to Bereavement Leave, the U.S. Is Unspeakably Cruel

Leave a Comment / Bereavement Leave / By max cyril

On March 19, 2018, Cindy Christensen took her husband, who had suddenly fallen ill, to the emergency room. Within one or two days, Christensen estimates, her husband was diagnosed with lymphoma. He was promptly transferred to a hospital that could provide more specialized treatment. At the time, Christensen had been a unionized production worker at a …

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Can an employee on FMLA leave from work attend a night concert?

Leave a Comment / Family and Medical Leave Act / By max cyril

A federal court in Texas has dismissed a claim of FMLA discrimination and retaliation by a woman who was fired after attending a Beyoncé concert while she was on personal medical leave. The railroad employee claimed that the company interfered with her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act and illegally terminated her. The …

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The Issue of Paid Family Leave Just Got Some New York Size Momentum

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On April 4, New York State passed what is being hailed as the most comprehensive and generous paid family leave law in the country. The Paid Family Leave Insurance Act (A. 3870 / S. 3004) (“PFLIA”) will provide workers in New York State with up to 12 weeks of paid leave per year, to bond …

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D.C. Councilmembers To Introduce Bill Guaranteeing 16 Weeks Of Paid Family Leave

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On Tuesday, seven city councilmembers in the District of Columbia will introduce a paid family leave bill that would create the most progressive system in the country and serve as a model for other cities that might be interested in paid leave. If it eventually gets passed and signed into law, it would be the …

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Carly Fiorina Thinks Corporations Should Be Able To Deny Paid Leave To New Mothers

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After Jake Tapper, host of CNN’s State of the Union, asked Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina about Netflix’s announcement that it will offer a year of unlimited paid family leave, the former Hewlett Packard CEO said she opposes any requirement that employers offer their workers paid leave. “I don’t think it’s the role of …

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