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To be eligible for FMLA leave, an employee must have worked for their employer for at least 12 months, have worked at least 1,250 hours over the past 12 months, and work for an employer with at least 50 employees within a 75-mile radius. Several states have passed laws providing additional family and medical leave protections for workers.
In United States labor law, at-will employment is an employer's ability to dismiss an employee for any reason (that is, without having to establish "just cause" for termination), and without warning, [1] as long as the reason is not illegal (e.g. firing because of the employee's gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or disability status ...
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.
A Florida judge denied a motion to temporarily reinstate the extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits that were terminated prematurely this summer.
Unemployment is not meant to be sick leave, but a loophole in this rule potentially nets you benefits if you need them. Learn: Private Sector Added 807,000 Jobs in December, Still 4 Million Short ...
The phrase "constructive dismissal" describes situations where the employer has not directly fired the employee. Rather the employer has: failed to comply with the contract of employment in a major respect; unilaterally changed the terms of employment, or; expressed a settled intention to do either thus forcing the employee to quit
The company was required by law to make accommodations for him, attorney says.
The 12 months of employment are not required to be consecutive in order for the employee to qualify for FMLA leave. In general, only employment within seven years is counted unless the break in service is (1) due to an employee's fulfilment of military obligations, or (2) governed by a collective bargaining agreement or other written agreement.