Asking to take a leave of absence from work -- whether you need time off for a medical procedure, to mourn a death or to take maternity leave -- is one of the most stressful asks an employee can make.

If there is a situation in which an employee needs to take a leave of absence, various options are available, depending on the employee's length of service: FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) ...

Question: My employee has been on medical leave for two months. How long do I have to provide a leave of absence? Answer: It depends. Several state and federal laws require employers to provide leave ...

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, ...

The Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was signed into law in 1993, for the purpose of guaranteeing job protection to eligible employees who are absent from work due to specified family, ...

Healthcare employers face unique challenges when it comes to absence, leave and disability management due to the need to balance several countervailing interests including running a 24-hour healthcare ...

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals partially overturned a lower court's ruling when it found that a worker's 16-day leave was part of the intermittent leave certified by his physician, rather than ...

The court’s ruling reinforces the idea that post-absence documentation and later clarifications can inform whether an absence should have been covered under the FMLA. An initial mislabeling—whether by ...

Asking for a leave of absence from work — whether you need time off for illness, bereavement, maternity leave or other reasons — is one of the most stressful requests an employee can make. But even if ...