Even if the employee doesn't qualify. Picture this. You ask your boss whether you can take leave under the FMLA. Your boss asks why you want the leave, and you say your cat is sick.* It's your ...

An employee’s request for disability leave until “September or October” wasn’t specific enough to render the time off a reasonable accommodation, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Tuesday ...

A federal appeals court recently raised the bar for employees who want to bring retaliation claims after they request Family and Medical Leave Act leave – but this doesn’t mean that employers should ...

In a week filled with online chatter about office dynamics and changing employee expectations, one unusual leave request managed to capture everyone’s attention. A manager’s stunned reaction to a ...

There are times when circumstances in your life require you to step back from your job. However, if you have a job that you love and you only need to leave temporarily, you might not want to put in ...

Following her termination, the clerk brought various state and federal law claims against the NYSUCS, including disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act and religious ...

As the saying goes — honesty is the best policy. While some employees are hesitant to take well-deserved PTO because they feel guilty, looking at you millennials, others — their younger, Gen Z ...

A boss is sharing the surprisingly unfiltered request for leave he recently received from a Gen Z employee, and it's sparking debate about workplace expectations. Featured Video Jasveer Singh, the ...

In Indian offices, getting leave approved– especially around national holidays and weekends– can often feel tricky. So, when a professional from Noida shared a recent conversation with her manager ...

Faculty members must complete the following steps at least one semester prior to the proposed start of the sabbatical leave. If the faculty member has two concurrent appointments, they must request ...

For at least 151 years, a hemlock and its close neighbor, a red oak, have grown up together on the Bates campus, close enough to overlap branches, while buildings popped up around them. Their survival ...