Wage and Hour Division welcomed the new year by issuing six new opinion letters on January 5, 2026 — four regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and two regarding the Family and Medical Leave ...

Wage and Hour Division issued an opinion letter on Jan. 5, 2026, explaining that an employee’s available leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) may be applied toward time spent traveling ...

Labor laws clashed with labor and delivery as one mom tried to hold back and prevent her baby from coming until FMLA ...

In our post-COVID world, it is common for employers to hire fully remote employees who work out of state. One of the challenges many employers face in this remote-work world is how to address ...

While the Family and Medical Leave Act protects time spent traveling to appointments, it does not encompass stops for other ...

The Family and Medical Leave Act is one of the bedrock federal employment laws under HR’s purview. Eligible employees are entitled to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for certain family and ...

Work does not look the same as it did years ago. Many people now earn a living through creative or non traditional roles.

Starting October 1, 2025, Maryland employers who are covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) are no longer required to comply with the state’s unpaid parental leave law. Senate Bill ...

The court’s ruling reinforces the idea that post-absence documentation and later clarifications can inform whether an absence should have been covered under the FMLA. An initial mislabeling—whether by ...

A West Virginia federal court granted summary judgment to CSX on the FMLA interference claim of an employee with chronic kidney stones, but allowed his FMLA retaliation claim to go to trial. Pack v.

Employers are understandably very confused over when they must provide medical and maternity leave to employees. All Virginia employers with 50 or more employees, as well as public employers, are ...

Goski is now pursuing claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Age ...