Essential Guide to Family & Medical Leave, The

Audience: Managers, supervisors, human resource professionals, small business owners, and anyone else who needs to understand and apply family and medical leave laws (particularly the FMLA). • Surveys consistently show that the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is the employment law managers find most confusing. There is a big need here for Nolo’s combination of legal information and practical strategies. • For the last complete calendar year (2013), cases filed under the FMLA more than tripled! Employees are more familiar with the law – and their lawyers know that they can get double damages and attorney fees if they win. • The FMLA is a moving target: Congress and the Department of Labor tinker with it regularly. This new edition will include proposed regulations regarding coverage of same-sex spouses; final regulations on military leave; new cases defining key terms and rules; and more. • The book includes detailed, updated information on state laws that provide for family and medical leave, including the trend to require employers to provide paid leave.