Mental health crises are sensitive, and employees experiencing them should be treated with empathy and care. They also present employers with the challenge of coordinating workplace safety, disability and leave laws, and any related investigation or misconduct.
If there is an immediate threat of harm, the agency should follow its emergency and workplace-safety protocols. Once
This blog article was authored by Partner Danny Yoo in 2021. It has been reviewed with additional discussion included in August 2025 and is up-to-date.
When working with employees with disabilities, employers need to keep track of various laws that govern whether the employee may be entitled to leaves, accommodation, or even a disability retirement.
This blog post appeared in April 2014. It has been reviewed and is up to date.
The Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) is a developing and nuanced area of employment law that remains an issue for employees and employers. The FMLA provides job protection to an eligible employee who takes leave (up to 12 workweeks
Updating personnel rules is an endless task. Laws are constantly changing, and agencies are experiencing significant operational changes now more than ever. The responsibility of ensuring that all personnel rules are up to date and reflect both the legal requirements and the operational requirements is time-consuming and daunting. However, auditing personnel rules is one of
Last week, we published several special bulletins covering COVID-19. Below are short summaries and links to the updates published since our last COVID-19 round up.
We will continue providing these special bulletins and updates as needed. Please visit https://www.lcwlegal.com/responding-to-COVID-19 for the most up-to-date bulletins.
On March 18, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in an effort to reduce the impact of the virus on American families, the Senate passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the Act) and President Trump signed the bill into law a few hours later. The law will go into effect within 15