Taking Time to Recover: Overview of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

April 23rd, 2023 - Category: Leave Requests

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), provides important rights to employees who need to take time off from work in order to attend to personal or family needs, also known as family or medical leave. In addition to federal FMLA, many states have enacted their own family and medical leave laws, which cover more workers or provide better benefits than existing federal laws. [...]

Can I Compete with my Former Employer?

December 15th, 2020 - Category: Work and Employment

These days, it's not very common to start at one job in your teens and twenties and then stay there for life. Although generations prior might have done that, today's workers are more likely to move between workplaces, either to continue to progress their career or simply because they want different things. [...]