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Curbing FMLA Abuse: Policies Restricting an Employee’s Travel While on Paid Sick Leave

By Adam Santucci on September 27, 2011

So your employee recently posted photos of herself lounging poolside with margarita in hand while out on FMLA leave. Can you do something more than just compliment her nice tan?

Earlier this year, in the case of Pellegrino v. Communications Workers of America, a Pennsylvania federal court answered yes. The court upheld the termination of an employee for violating a work rule that restricted employee travel outside the immediate vicinity while on FMLA leave.
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Healthy Families Act: Proposed Legislation Mandates Seven Days of Paid Time Off

By Michael Moore on May 16, 2009

Posted in Employee Benefits

Representative DeLauro introduced the Healthy Families Act (H.R. 2460) which would require businesses with 15 or more employees to provide up to seven days of annual paid sick leave. The paid leave could be taken to attend to an employee’s own or a family member’s illness, or used for preventative care such as…

Switching to a Paid Time Off Program (PTO) has Practical and Legal Implications

By Michael Moore on July 8, 2008

Posted in Employee Benefits

Traditional leave programs segregate time off into categories like vacation, sick time and personal time requiring HR professionals to track both the time off and the reason it is being taken. Sick time abuses are addressed by tightly monitoring the reasons for sickness-related absences and disciplining employees for excessive absenteeism. Many employers have decided to get away…

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Curbing FMLA Abuse: Policies Restricting an Employee’s Travel While on Paid Sick Leave

Healthy Families Act: Proposed Legislation Mandates Seven Days of Paid Time Off

Switching to a Paid Time Off Program (PTO) has Practical and Legal Implications

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