The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law providing eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. The law allows employees to take time off for ...

Editor’s Note: The DOL has released a bulletin clarifying its position on employer obligations when determining whether a remote employee is eligible for FMLA leave. Employers must generally ...

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According to the Department of Labor, Sparkletts was a nearly identical company to its predecessor for purposes of the FMLA, so there should have been no break in FMLA coverage for Peter and any ...

Opinion: Hunton Andrews Kurth's Susan Wiltsie and Theanna Bezney discuss the options employers have for handling FMLA ...

But the FMLA does grant employers the right to ask for medical certification of the condition from a health care provider. The Department of Labor website advises employers to request this ...

allegedly in retaliation for internally objecting to certain FMLA policies that the company adopted in January 2025 and also for complaining to the U.S. Department of Labor about those policies.