Unions Beat Back Effort to Weaken FMLA Law
APWU News Labor Department Study Affirms That FMLA ‘Is Working as Intended’ A Department of Labor study released June 27 confirms what most Americans already know, that “family and medical leave is...
View ArticleFamily members of USPS workers comp employees may be affected by data breach
12.18.14 The Mail Handlers Union reported: In a new development on the earlier data breach at the Postal Service, USPS has now sent individual letters to another group of employees who may have had...
View ArticlePresident Obama Updates Federal Leave Policies for Childbirth, Adoption and...
1.15.2015 – Today, President Barack Obama issued a memo that modernizes ‘Federal Leave Policies for Childbirth, Adoption and Foster Care to Recruit and Retain Talent and Improve Productivity.’ Obama’s...
View ArticleSenators bill will amend FMLA to protect grieving parents from job loss
(U.S. Senate) – Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) are introducing legislation to protect grieving parents...
View ArticleStaples settle allegations of violating FMLA for $275,000 in South Carolina
May 28, 2015 – Staples, Inc. and Staples Contract and Commercial, Inc. Settle Allegations that it violated the Family Medical Leave Act for $275,000 COLUMBIA, South Carolina —- United States Attorney...
View ArticleNew FMLA Rules Increase Time Off To Help Care For Veteran, Active-Duty Relatives
Postal employees will have more opportunities to take time off work to help family members who are military service members or veterans under new rules mandated by the 2010 National Defense...
View ArticleADA Considerations Following Exhaustion of FMLA Protected Leave
Exhaustion of FMLA protected leave is a common problem in the Postal Service. This legal article makes several good points about ADA considerations: The broadened scope of the ADA increases the...
View ArticleFMLA Leave Expanded to More Parents And Children
The Department of Labor issued the following clarification on the expanded FMLA regulations: Neither the statute nor the regulations restrict the number of parents a child may have under the FMLA. For...
View ArticleUSPS Seeks Supplier To Conduct All Non-Work Related Medical Exams
From the Federal Business Opportunities website: The United States Postal Service (USPS) is pursuing a National Agreement with a Supplier(s) that has or is capable of developing a comprehensive Medical...
View ArticleAPWU Encourages Members to Use DOL Forms For FMLA Leave Requests
The APWU is encouraging members to use Department of Labor forms when requesting Family & Medical Leave, while the union pursues a dispute with the Postal Service over employees’ right to use APWU...
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