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Work sites include public agencies, including schools and state, local, and federal employers. After a private employer meets the 50 employees in 20 workweeks threshold, the employer continues to be covered by FMLA until the employer no longer has employed 50 employees for 20 workweeks in both the current and the preceding calendar year. [15]
The FMLA also authorizes employees whose rights under the FMLA have been violated to sue their employer for equitable relief and money damages. [3] In enacting the FMLA, Congress invoked two of the powers it possesses under the Constitution. In regulating private employers under the FMLA, it invoked its power under the Commerce Clause.
In order to receive maternity leave protections under FMLA, employees must: [18] work for a covered employer; have worked 1,250 hours during the 12 months prior to the start of leave; (special hours of service rules apply to airline flight crew members) [23] work at a location where the employer has 50 or more employees within 75 miles; and
A federal judge on Friday ruled that a Cincinnati, Ohio-area healthcare provider could require its employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing their job, in what appears to be the ...
The former University of Kentucky employee cited religious discrimination by the school after her religious exemption requests were denied. UK employee was ‘forced to retire’ after she didn ...
A sixth state, Nebraska, issued a Department of Labor Guidance Document that provides the same protection – an individual "who began work for an employer prior to an employer instituting a COVID-19 vaccine requirement" and is discharged for refusing the mandate would not be disqualified from receiving unemployment and at least 15 other states ...
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has denied ABC’s bid to dismiss the COVID vaccination wrongful termination case filed by a father and son who ran the construction and special effects ...
When determining what activities workers may partake in without fear of employer retaliation, the Labor Board and courts often must balance the purpose of the act against an employer's property rights and economic interests. [8] To gain the protection of the Act, employees actions must be both protected and concerted. [9]