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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
