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Mental Health Law: Selected Issues: FMLA

Book at the Law Library

FMLA, USERRA and the HEART Act: effects on employee benefits by Michael G, Congiu, D Finn Pressly, Carly J. Zuba, Stephanie Kastrinsky
Call Number: KF 6289 .A1 T35 no. 336
Publication Date: 2016

CFR

29 CFR Secs. 825.100 - 825.803
FMLA regulations

Federal Laws

29 US Code Chapter 28
Family and Medical Leave Act requires employers of 50 or more employees to give up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to eligible employees for the birth or adoption of a child or for the serious illness of the employee or a spouse, child or parent.

Agency Guidance

FMLA: Fact Sheets
US Dept of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
Opinion Letters on FMLA
US Dept of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
Fact Sheet # 28O: Mental Health Conditions and the FMLA
US Dept. of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, May 2022
Mental Health and the FMLA
FAQs, US Dept of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Caregiver Discrimination Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws
EEOC Guidance 3/14/22

Links

FMLA leave not always a straightforward 12 weeks, DOL advisor explains ,variables like holidays and overtime may affect workers' leave entitlements, sources said.
HR DIve 2/25/22
Family and Medical Leave Act Employee Guide
From the US Dept. of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, the administrator of the FMLA