Any Connecticut employer with more than 50 employees is subject to both the state and federal Family and Medical Leave Acts. The key provisions of the two laws are nearly identical, with one ...

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The federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to handle serious medical issues. Generally, an employee must give the employer 30 days' notice ...

On April 22, 2026, Virginia approved a statewide paid family and medical leave (PFML) program, joining several ...

The federal FMLA was signed into law in 1993 in response to the needs of a workforce whose demographics had changed greatly. One major demographic change was the influx of women of childbearing age ...

The Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA, became law in 1993 and requires certain employers to provide eligible employees 12 workweeks of unpaid leave a year. During FLMA leave, the employee's job is ...

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the Obama administration from implementing a new rule under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that extends equal benefits to married, same-sex ...

A federal class action lawsuit alleges that Class 1 railroad CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) wrongly discouraged workers from taking leave under the Family Medical Leave Act and retaliated against workers who used ...

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The lawsuit comes following a change by the Labor Department granting paid time off to legally married same-sex couples, even if they are living in a state, like Texas, that does not recognize ...

EAST HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Federal District Judge Dominic Squatrito ruled against a former town employee, Francine Carbone, who filed a Family and Medical Leave Act lawsuit against the Town of East ...

An Alabama federal district court granted summary judgment to the City of Birmingham on FMLA and ADA claims by a terminated administrative analyst, finding that substantial misconduct independently ...