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Harsh FMLA Decision from the 7th Circuit
From CCH Workweek, this report: A married couple, fired after their retroactive applications for leave were denied, failed to show their terminations violated the FMLA. The husband took several days off to care for a sick child, but missed the...

The FMLA and Indiana
I was asked a while back if in Indiana is it mandatory for an employer to pay employee while offon medical leave through the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).First, the FMLA is a federal law...

Congress Adds FMLA Rights
In somewhat of a surprise move, on December 14, 2007, Congress amended the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to add two additional reasons for applying for FMLA leave.  One provision adds that FMLA can be taken for a “qualifying exigency” arising from active duty in the armed services...

New FMLA Poster Containing Military Leave Amendments
The Department of Labor has available a poster reflecting the recent changes to the law affecting military personnel.  It's meant to be temporary and a supplement to the existing poster...

NY Times opposes Supreme Court ruling upholding child porn trade prohibitions
This time, the court upheld the law by a 7-to-2 vote. That creates a bizarre contradiction. Fake child pornography is protected, but marketing fake child pornography is not. As Justice David Souter noted in dissent, it makes no sense to criminalize proposing to sell items that are themselves constitutionally protected.

Blawg of the Day -- FMLA Blog
Those lawyers at Fox Rothschild sure are prolific bloggers -- one of their latest is the FMLA Blog, which provides information on the Family & Medical Leave Act of 1993 and how it affects your human resources...

Child Support Survival Guide
The Child Support Enforcement System

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

Child Support Overview
Federal requires states to set guidelines for support.

Child Support Orders
How to modify terms

Child Support
Disputing Paternity

Missing Children
Databases and organizations

West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support
West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support

Sperm Donor
Ordered to Pay Child Support

Michigan State
Settles Class Action Over Child Welfare

Cartein Signo and Como
Child Restraint Systems Recalled

Triple Play Products
Recalls Sit 'N' Stroll Child Restraint Systems

Folding Soccer Goals Recalled
20-Month Old Child Found Strangled to Death