The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) introduced the concept of protected leave in the United States. Federal FMLA designates 12 weeks of certain absences as protected leave within a year. For details about eligibility criteria, refer to the Department of Labor website and search for...
INTRODUCTION| On August , 1993, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") went into effect for most covered employers.' The FMLA was the first major bill signed into law by President Bill Clinton after passing both the United States Senate and House of Representatives by comfortable ...
Employment: Disability discrimination and violation of the ADA, claims for breach of employment contract, wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, gender, age, religious and race discrimination,wage and hour claims, Family and Medical Leave Act and tenure disputes ...
When advance medical directives function as intended and are honored by physicians, they free family members from making extremely difficult decisions. They may also protect physicians. Standard medical care typically requires that a doctor provide maximum care. In essence, a living will can change th...
The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off to certain employees dealing with particular medical situations and guarantees their job will be there upon return. This was a huge win for working moms, who previously had no guarantee that they'd be able to ...
The FFCRA provides two forms of paid leave: EPSL and Expanded Family and Medical Leave (E-FMLA). The EPSL gives employees two weeks of paid time off for six reasons. Those reasons include being advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to reasons related to COVID...
Millerleft Idaho last yearand moved with her family to Colorado, where she now provides clinical care, after she said the dilemma of protecting herself from the threat of prosecution or providing the medical care necessary to protect her patients' health became too great. ...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 significantly changed federal tax laws, so workers and their employers needed a more up-to-date form to calculate the amount of federal tax to withhold. Here's what you need to do to complete this form. ...
Marijuana got its Schedule I designation as part of the ranking or “scheduling” of drugs under the 1970 act. Government lawyers had argued there were logical reasons to classify marijuana as a dangerous drug under federal law. A message seeking comment from the U.S. Attorney’s office was ...
7. Family Leave President Bill Clinton signed theFamily and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)into law in 1993. As a result, eligible employees are afforded up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year if they decide to stay home in the wake of their child’s birth or adoption or cases of serious p...