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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.
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.
The enhanced benefits still mean that roughly half of American workers stand to earn more on unemployment than they did at their jobs. What happens to your unemployment benefits if you refuse to ...
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
By law, legally employed workers, regardless of their citizenship are eligible for unemployment benefits given that they are at least 18 years old, the employees contribute 1% to unemployment funds while the employers contribute 2%, and the workers are eligible to receive benefits after 600 days of contributions within the preceding 3 years of ...
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 ...
Employees are typically seen to be working in concert if an employee is acting with, or acting as a representative of other employees and not solely for their own interests. [ 15 ] An individual employee addressing a personal complaint with their employer is most easily identifiable as non concerted activities.
The company was required by law to make accommodations for him, attorney says.