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COURT CLARIFIES RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FMLA LEAVE AND NO-FAULT ATTENDANCE POLICIES

By: John E. Murray Many employers have attendance policies under which employees accrue points or occurrences for unexcused absences and other attendance infractions. As employees accrue more points, they receive increasingly severe levels of discipline. However, after a certain period of time, generally 12 months, points are expunged from an employee’s attendance record for disciplinary […]

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PROPOSED RULE WOULD PREVENT USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO OPPOSE UNION ORGANIZING

By: John E. Murray On April 13, 2010, the Department of Defense issued a proposed regulation on “Labor Relations Costs.” In its current form, this proposed regulation would prevent federal contractors and subcontractors from using federal funds to persuade their employees, or the employees of any other entity, to join or not join a union. […]

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