by James Venable | Sep 24, 2019 | DOL, FMLA
Employers may need to revisit how their collective bargaining agreements (CBA) deal with leave requests from their unionized workforce. A recent Department of Labor (DOL) opinion letter makes clear that the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) doesn’t take a back...
by Sue Woods | Aug 14, 2019 | DOL, FMLA
Parents recently received a thumbs up from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to use intermittent FMLA leave to attend individualized education program (IEP) meetings related to a child with a serious health condition. Issued on August 8, 2019, the DOL’s new opinion...
by Sarah Wisor | May 14, 2019 | DOL
May an employee who is unable to work for an FMLA-qualifying reason choose to use paid time off without having it designated as FMLA leave? The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) says, “No.” In a March 14, 2019 opinion letter, the DOL made two significant clarifications...
by Compliance Team | Jan 8, 2018 | DOL, ERISA
Without wasting any time in the New Year, on Friday, January 5th, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the ERISA claims handling regulations that were effective January of last year and delayed until April 1, 2018, will indeed be applicable to...
by Compliance Team | Dec 11, 2017 | ADA, DMEC, DOL, EEOC, ERISA, Paid Sick Leave, Parental Leave
ReedGroup’s compliance attorneys presented leave of absence highlights from 2017 at the final Disability Management Employer Coalition’s (DMEC) Colorado chapter meeting on Thursday, December 7th. The presentation focused on an annual wrap-up of the legislative...
by Megan Holstein | Nov 28, 2017 | DOL, ERISA
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced its Final Rule, issuing a 90-day delay to the applicability of the ERISA disability claims handling regulations (ERISA Regulation Amendments). The DOL’s Final Rule delaying...
