Employee Leave

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) on Monday said that its president Veda Shook has taken part in the official announcement of the implementation of the Airline Flight...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) on Monday said that its president Veda Shook has taken part in the official announcement of the implementation of the Airline Flight...

The new year brings a few new laws for employers, including law firms, though the changes are relatively minor compared to past years, according to Christie Totten, an employment law attorney with Davis...

An ERISA plaintiff was not required to show that he was a plan participant for the purpose of establishing subject matter jurisdiction in his lawsuit challenging the termination of his long-term disability benefits,...

A key part of founding a company is knowing when to quit. Persistence is an admirable trait, says Michael Robertson, who has founded several companies. However, "there's a fine line between persistence and...

The American Bar Association has weighed in on a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court over whether a lawyer in private practice hired by a city can claim qualified immunity from a...

* Cigna's Vocational Support Services program provides preventive services for customers on intermittent family medical leave * Personalized services help enrolled employees remain productive and on the job * Certified counselors make services...

HEADNOTE Jonathan Schwartz, the last CEO of Sun Microsystems and the man who steered the ship when Oracle bought the legendary company for $7.4 billion, is turning his attention to health care. He...

Expansion creates one of the largest workplace law boutiques in Wisconsin WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country's largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce that...

An employer may be liable for firing a pregnant employee after being informed that she planned on taking maternity leave after she became eligible under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the 11th...

Many women, for economic reasons, return to work soon after having a baby. But other women, like Laurie Roughan, say they opted to stay home after childbirth, in large part because of the...

In enacting the self-leave provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act, was Congress seeking to address gender discrimination in the workplace That was the question at the center of the debate Wednesday...

GPs cannot rid themselves of all involvement in long-term sick certification, says Dr Rob Hampton. If there are any GPs who will mourn the loss of responsibility for long-term sickness certification, I have...

BOSTON -- Millions of transit riders and tens of thousands of businesses will see their taxes go up in 2012 because Congress was unable to pass legislation to maintain parity between the transit...

WESTPORT, Conn. -- Americans' sense of financial obligation to family members is strong and born out of love and generosity, but does have limits, according to a new study by the MetLife Mature...

Here's a story that should give pause to any woman who blindly trusts that a husband or boyfriend will forever keep private those intimate photographs taken in a moment of whimsy. Yesterday, the...

The following list describes new laws that have an impact on business and took effect Jan. 1, unless otherwise noted. * Credit Check AB 22 prohibits employers and prospective employers, not including certain...

HEADNOTE OCInsider Anaheim Mayor Torn Tait faces a daunting year (four words: underfunded public employee pensions.) But he's approaching it with his good-natured humor and a resolution to "move forward" the sometimes-strained relationship...

Gov. Chris Christie's administration pointed out how the private sector handles unused sick leave as he continued to make the case that the state should change the system for public workers. Christie has...