Wage and Hour Division explains that employees may use leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) not only to attend qualifying medical appointments, but also for the time spent traveling to ...

Six new opinion letters released Monday by the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division detail various applications of ...

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A Fannie Mae worker says he was terminated days after confirming his FMLA leave was active, following a chain of events that started with his ethics complaint being sent to the bosses he accused.

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 ...

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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.

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 ...

Johnny C. Taylor Jr. tackles your human resources questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world's largest HR ...

The city Correction Department has seen a mysterious jump over the past 18 months in the numbers of officers taking time off under laws that allow leave for pregnancies and caring for sick relatives — ...

A grieving mother claimed she was fired from the Detroit bank where she worked for 30 years while taking family medical leave to care for her dying daughter who was battling breast cancer. Terri ...

MICHIGAN, USA — A Detroit woman is suing Huntington Bank after she said she was fired for taking Family Medical Leave. Terri Estepp said she is seeking justice after nearly 30 years at the bank and ...