Corporate Services, Inc. News (2023)

09/07/2023

The basic premise of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is pretty straightforward: Eligible employees are entitled to take job-protected leave for specified family and me...more

09/07/2023

Some states have laws requiring leave for school activities. Are they paid or unpaid? What do we need to do to comply?...more

08/25/2023

Once an employer initially certifies an employee for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), it cannot seek recertification more often than once every 30 days....more

08/09/2023

Illinois recently expanded bereavement leave rights for two groups of Illinois employees: parents who lose a child to suicide or homicide, and family members of those killed i...more

06/27/2023

When dozens of employees seek leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) essentially all at once, something might be up....more

06/12/2023

Near the beginning of the pandemic, an employee requested unpaid leave to care for her two-year-old son — a child with a history of respiratory illness experiencing symp...more

06/01/2023

On May 30, 2023 the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) addressed concerns on calculating leave used under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) during a holiday week....more

05/31/2023

Minnesota has joined the growing number of jurisdictions that have enacted paid family and/or medical leave programs for employees. On May 25, 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed H...more

04/07/2023

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guarantees eligible employees up to 12 weeks of leave in a 12-month period for a qualifying reason, such as taking care of a parent wit...more

03/30/2023

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) obligations do not kick in unless an employer qualifies as a "covered employer" under the statute....more

03/06/2023

A recent case out of Kentucky looks at whether there is a conflict between the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)....more

02/14/2023

Human resource professionals know that issues surrounding available Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave can get complicated and difficult to manage....more

01/31/2023

The breadth of the ban on unlawful retaliation under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is demonstrated by a recent federal appeals court ruling....more