New Jersey approves a major expansion of paid family leave, lowering the employer threshold to 15 workers and extending ...

I wish I could use this column to highlight Minnesota’s new best-in-the-nation Paid Leave program, which went into effect on ...

Here are low-lift strategies and solutions employers can put in place to make sure they’re maximizing state programs and ...

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, ...

Cliff Kaplan, 65, was in his sixteenth year working at a beverage distribution company in New Berlin when he was diagnosed with stage four esophageal cancer. While he went through chemotherapy, he ...

With thousands of furloughed federal workers not knowing when they’ll get their next paycheck, people with health issues are facing some tough choices as they try to pay their mounting medical bills.

James is a pulmonary and critical care physician specializing in sarcoidosis. When one of my patients was first diagnosed with sarcoidosis, her specialist gave her two options: take steroids or join a ...

Dawn Ramirez, administrative manager of the Graduate College, has died after a long battle with cancer. She served the university since 2003. “Nothing made Dawn more proud than to hear about and ...

A former Wynn Las Vegas cocktail server has accepted a reduced payment from a jury damages award resulting from the casino property violating her Family and Medical Leave Act rights. U.S. District ...

Nevada will soon impose new limits on fees health care providers can charge employees for completing paperwork required under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Assembly Bill 305, which ...

The case highlights the complexities involved when state and federal leave laws intersect with an employer’s own leave policies. Per the court, Costco’s employee agreement with the plaintiff specified ...