1/7/2008 RiskInsights FMLAandWorkers’Compensation:CommonQuestionsAnswered TheFederalFamilyandMedicalLeaveAct(FMLA)andstateworkers’ compensationlawsmaybothcoveranemployeewhosuffersaserious healthconditionwhileonthejob.InApril1995,theDepartmentofLabor (DOL)releasedregulationswhichimplementedtheFMLA.Thoughthe ...
Prior to the Windsor decision, a same-sex spouse was not recognized as a spouse for purposes of the WorkingAged MSP rules. Therefore, the GHP was not required to pay primary when the same-sex spouse had coveragethrough the employment of his or her spouse nor was the GHP required to ...
New Directive Issued Concerning Pay Discrimination; EEOC Guidelines on Arrest/Conviction Records Adopted • OSHA: More Whistleblower Regulations Synchronized; Executive Order Regarding Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers under Service Contracts Takes Effect; HIPAA-HITECH Rules Increase Plan Sponsor Obligations...
put the fair labor standards act into play. The FLSA is enforced in the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S Department of Labor (DOL). Also in the Postal Rate Commission. The Fair Labor Standards Act is mostly about minimum wages, overtime regulations, and recordkeeping requirements...
eUNINTENDEDCONSEQUENCESOFTHEFMLAANDITSREGULATIONSIntroductionBothemployersandemployeesbenefitfromworkplacesthaten..
The law, as it wasproposed in the last session of Congress, contains no safe-guards to keep unions frommisrepresenting to employees what they are signing or from intimidating or coercing them to sign the cards.By: Darrell R. VanDeusen
Short-notice deployment Military events and related activities Childcare and school activities Financial and legal arrangements Counseling Rest and recuperation Post-deployment activities Additional activities agreed upon by employer and employeeOn February...
New Regulations, Old Confusion: New Rules Allow Employers To Disallow Certain Bonuses To Employees Who Take FMLA LeaveThe recent changes to 搂 825.215 are designed to make it easier for employers to implement bonus programs without interfering with employees' FMLA rights while properly rewarding those...
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Federal Regulations Update Expansion of FMLA leave for military families • EEOC: Issues final rule on employer-sponsored retiree health benefits; confirms that ADEA can favor older workers; eliminates grounds for dismissing charges; offers new guidance on testing and other employment selection ...