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How much leave do we have to grant for bone marrow donation? Must it be paid leave?

04/10/2019

Q. One of my employees plans to donate bone marrow. She will need to take time off for this purpose. How much time can she take off? Must it be paid, even though the decision to donate was not due to her own medical condition?

GOP bill would tap Social Security to fund paid parental leave

04/02/2019

Senate Republicans have introduced legislation that would let new parents draw against their future Social Security benefits to provide paid parental leave when they welcome a new baby or adopted child into their homes.

Do vacation, sick leave buy-backs factor into overtime pay?

03/26/2019

Many employers that provide sick leave and vacation leave time have a policy or practice that allows employees to “sell back” their accrued but unused time. Do these payments for sick and vacation time have to be counted as part of the employee’s regular rate of pay for the purpose of computing overtime?

Support grows for mandatory paid leave plans

03/14/2019

Ten states and the District of Columbia already require employers to offer paid sick leave to employees. Several more states are considering similar legislation.

Bill would ban local paid-leave laws in Texas

03/06/2019

In the wake of passage of paid-leave ordinances in Austin and San Antonio, state Rep. Matt Krause (R.–Tarrant County) has proposed legislation that would clearly state that Texas municipalities do not have the authority to enact laws requiring employers to offer paid leave.

Ask these questions when considering unlimited PTO

02/19/2019

The benefits of unlimited paid-time-off policies are obvious. But many of the legal risks they create are not.

Paid parental leave gaining momentum

02/14/2019

Earlier this month, President Trump used part of his State of the Union address to renew a call for paid parental leave, the latest sign that the benefit—long considered a pipedream—could become a reality in America.

Snapshot: Americans miss millions of vacation days every year

02/12/2019

Chances are, your employees left lots of vacation leave on the table last year.

Failure to grant more leave costs Fresno company $1.75M

02/06/2019

Family HealthCare Network in Fresno will pay $1.75 million to settle charges that its inflexible leave policies discriminated against disabled and pregnant employees.

Snapshot: Employers offering paid parental leave

01/22/2019

Paid parental leave is the law in a few states, but many employers now offer it as a matter of policy.