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This article series addresses some of the most confusing real world problems surrounding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In the last installment, we focused on FMLA leave regarding spouses who work for the same company.  In this article, we...

Today’s reader note deals with pregnancy / maternity leave - a very sensitive situation. I was sick from Hyperemesis gravidarum so the doctor gave me a note to take 60 days rest. Since I didn’t qualify for FMLA, HR said they would...

Twenty years after President Bill Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, workers' rights groups say many employees still must choose between their family or their job. They're marking the anniversary with calls to expand the law, and for Congress...

It can be very confusing to calculate entitlements under employee leave laws—particularly the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the California Family Rights Act (CFRA)—and even more complicated trying to figure out how the laws interact with...

Workers in legal, same-sex marriages will now have the same federal job protections as those in opposite-sex marriages, regardless of where they live, thanks to a rule change by the U.S. Labor Department. The change, announced this week, revises the...