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In 2003, Han and Waldfogel found that "only about 60% of private sector workers are covered" [98] due to the clause stipulating a minimum number of employees, and once the clause stipulating a minimum number of hours worked is added, only 46% of private sector workers are eligible for leave under the FMLA. In June 2007, the Department of Labor ...
If employees choose to go on maternity or family leave, The Employee's Guide to Family and Medical Leave Act [21] states that they can sometimes use their unspent sick time, vacation time, personal time, etc., saved up with their employer at the same time of their FMLA leave so that they continue to get paid. In order to use such leave, "you ...
The elaws (Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses) Advisors are a set of interactive, online tools developed by the U.S. Department of Labor to help employers and employees learn more about their rights and responsibilities under numerous Federal employment laws. They address some of the nation's most widely applicable ...
The Employment Standards Administration (ESA) was the largest agency within the U.S. Department of Labor.Its four subagencies enforced and administered laws governing legally mandated wages and working conditions, including child labor, minimum wages, overtime pay, and family and medical leave; equal employment opportunity in businesses with federal contracts and subcontracts; workers ...
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health , wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits , reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics.
Under the joint employment circumstances, only the primary employer has the responsibility to give required notices to the employees such as providing FMLA leave, health benefits, welfare and job restoration. The secondary employer is responsible for accepting the employee returning from FMLA leave in place of the replacement employee if the ...
Retirement savers and participants in 401(k) plans may soon face a new Department of Labor (DOL) policy, presenting them with either more investment options or just unnecessary costs, depending on ...
[13] Employees are eligible to take FMLA leave if they have worked for their employer for at least twelve months, have worked at least 1,250 hours during the previous twelve months, and have worked at a company with a minimum of fifty employees that work either at that work site or at work sites within a seventy-five mile radius.