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Negotiating parental leave can be crucial for maintaining a work-life balance.
"The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs," state Rep.
The law makes it very clear that the organ and bone marrow donation leave cannot run concurrently with FMLA leave.
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act offers time off and other protections to pregnant workers for childbirth, abortion and other maternity issues.
Former advancement staffer Kevin McAlpine alleged his supervisor discriminated against him for being gay and for having cancer, his lawsuit says.
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Employers have a number of record keeping and correspondence duties related to FMLA leave, which should be handled by a benefits specialist or another HR staffer.
What Is the Family and Medical Leave Act? Many common types of extended leave fall under the Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA.
FMLA provides 12 weeks of job-protected leave in a 12 month period to eligible employees.
Saint Louis University partners with FMLASource® to manage Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, military leave and paid parental leave requests for the University.
The following is intended as additional interpretative guidance for Northwestern’s Faculty Family Leave policy and FMLA.