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A guide to practical knowledge of the FMLA and its complex new final regulations

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The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 allows covered employees of a covered workplace to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave in any calendar year without losing their jobs. The worker can use such benefits as accrued sick leave so the leave will not be unpaid. The leave can be taken to care for a newborn, newly adopted foster child or seriously ill relative. The law makes an absenteeism policy essential so that absences not protected under the law can be disciplined. The law has mandatory notification provisions which employers must meet. Both this law and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 make it so only short absences which are obviously unassociated with a serious health problem can be disciplined. The act is covered in detail.

Employee benefits, Workers, Sick leave, Maternity benefits

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The modern Equal Pay Act: liability in "white-collar" jobs

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Proving violations of the Pay Equity Act of 1963 is difficult and can be particularly complex for white-collar jobs that do not have clear job descriptions and duties. The Act was a response to the tendency to pay men more than women for work that required equal effort, skill and responsibility. The application of the Act to white-collar positions has become more important as the US industrial base has declined. Employers are allowed to demonstrate legitimate bases for pay differences, and plaintiffs would have to rebut these defenses with intentional discrimination evidence.

Cases, Pay equity, White collar workers

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