By: Samantha J. Wood February 4, 2025 On January 14, 2025, the Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued an opinion letter stating that employers are not permitted to require employees to use accrued employer-provided paid leave benefits during a designated Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave when the employee is […]
By Alexandra “Sasha” Chepov The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued an opinion letter providing clarification as to how an employer is to calculate an employee’s leave entitlement under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) when such leave is taken during a week that includes a holiday. The FMLA entitled eligible employees of covered […]
By Daniel Finerty, Sally Piefer & Oyvind Wistrom On Wednesday, April 1st, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its regulations applicable to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). This E-Alert provides an explanation and comments regarding the interpretations and how each may apply in practice. Please note that these are interim regulations, not the […]
By Daniel Finerty and Oyvind Wistrom On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act,” or the CARES Act (“Act”), the most dramatic financial legislation yet in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, the Act provides $2 trillion in financial assistance, a portion of which is allocated to […]
Join Lindner & Marsack’s Sally Piefer and MRA’s Laurie Greenless on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 in a discussion about key provisions of the FFCRA legislation. Register Here: https://www.mranet.org/live-webinar/families-first-coronavirus-response-act-livestream-briefing
By Sally Piefer and Oyvind Wistrom Last evening the President signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The legislation had passed the Senate only hours before. The Response Act has a number of provisions which employers must be aware of—an expansion of the federal Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and a paid sick time. […]
By: Oyvind Wistrom and Sally Piefer The NBA has suspended play. The NCAA tournament has been cancelled. The World Health Organization (WHO) has now declared that the COVID-19 Coronavirus is a pandemic. Either your business has already been directly or indirectly affected or it inevitably will be affected by COVID-19. What can you do as […]
By: Oyvind Wistrom On August 28, 2018, for the first time in almost ten years, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) issued two new advisory opinion letters providing employers with guidance on the application of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to organ donors and a no-fault attendance policy. While the […]
WHEN: May 23, 2018 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. WHERE: Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel 375 South Moorland Road Brookfield, WI Registration and a continental breakfast will be served beginning at 7:30 a.m. Click here to register. This COMPLIMENTARY half-day event will address the latest labor and employment topics impacting employers including: Legal Updates – Labor, Employment and Worker’s Compensation In Search […]
WHEN: May 11, 2017 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. WHERE: Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel 375 South Moorland Road Brookfield, WI Registration and a continental breakfast will be served beginning at 7:30 a.m. Click here to register. This COMPLIMENTARY half-day event will address the latest labor and employment topics impacting employers including: Annual Employment Law Update (including recent […]