"An aging workforce and fraying social safety net have made all programs both more expensive for employers and more important for employees," said Craig Guiffre, Executive Vice President and Managing ...

An employer has a great deal of latitude in choosing a leave of absence policy, as long as the policy is applied to all eligible employees in a fair and consistent manner. Employees may be covered by ...

Brandeis has developed a set of comprehensive family and medical leave benefits that best support employees and their families. Employees may be able to continue to receive pay during an FMLA leave, ...

Employees may request leaves of absence for a variety of reasons, including those circumstances outlined in the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). Consistent with its obligations ...

A 2013 study by the Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) reported that the prevalence of depression among workers is close to 20 percent and that more than 60 percent of these depressed employees go ...

The feedback from last week's blog post on annual FMLA certification came fast and furious. Most of it was complimentary (thank you!), but several of my fellow FMLA nerds raised an interesting issue.