Employer Law Blog

A recent federal circuit court of appeals decision shows a growing change in how courts define an “employer” for the purpose of establishing liability under the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA").

On May 22, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in a case presenting an FMLA claim that a 14-hour hospital stay did not qualify as an “overnight” stay in order to provide the employee with protection under the FMLA.