September 16, 2024
PACE Southeast Michigan, a company providing all-inclusive care for the elderly, violated federal law at multiple locations in the Detroit area by failing to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities attempting to return to work following Family Medical Leave …
January 23, 2024
The Hartford will begin offering the Vermont Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI) program for employers on February 15. Employers with two or more employees will have the opportunity to work withe the insurer’s brokers to design a plan to …
October 12, 2022
A white Allegheny County jail corrections officer who claimed he was fired in retaliation for reporting racial and sexual harassment incidents has been awarded almost $1 million by a federal jury. Jeffrey Kengerski claimed that the Allegheny County Jail and …
March 29, 2022
New Hampshire is looking for a commercial insurance carrier to fully insure and administer the Granite State Paid Family and Medical Leave Plan. The plan provides participating employees in New Hampshire with 60% of their average weekly wage for up …
June 29, 2018
More than one in three U.S. employers offers paid maternity leave beyond the amount required by law, up from one in six earlier this decade, according to new data from the Society for Human Resource Management. All 20 of the …
March 26, 2015
The U.S. was barred by a federal judge from immediately enforcing a new rule that would grant Family and Medical Leave Act benefits to same-sex couples. Texas sued the U.S. last week, claiming that the government’s definition of spouses would …
July 18, 2012
A federal appeals court has reinstated Keri M. Towns’ wrongful termination case against Northeast Mississippi Electric Power Association. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Mississippi federal judge who had …