President Signs FMLA Military Expansion Into Law
Posted on January 13th, 2009
An expansion of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) now will extend coverage to employees who have family members called for military service.
President Bush signed the legislation into law early last week. The measure now will require employers to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to employees when a spouse, parent, [...]
OHIO MAY BE THE FIRST STATE TO REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE PAID SICK LEAVE
Posted on January 13th, 2009
The proposed Healthy Families Act is expected to be on the ballot in November. The proposal would require Ohio employers with 25 or more employees to provide a minimum of seven paid sick days for all full-time employees and paid time off for part-time employees. Under the proposal’s language, full-time is defined as 30 hours [...]
ARE YOU READY FOR THE CHANGES TO THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT?
Posted on January 13th, 2009
On January 1, 2009 the new revisions to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) will take effect. The new law, entitled the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (“ADAAA”), will restore certain protections to disabled individuals that had been stripped away from the ADA by the federal courts. The new amendments expressly overturn several landmark Supreme [...]
