What Are the Most Common FMLA Violations by Employers? - BT Law Group, PLLC
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From BT Law Group, PLLC - What Are the Most Common FMLA Violations by Employers? explores how Miami employees can recognize unlawful leave denial, interference, retaliation, and job-restoration violations under the Family and Medical Leave Act. This episode walks through the protections available to eligible workers in Florida, including unpaid, job-protected leave, continued group health insurance coverage, and remedies such as reinstatement, back pay, liquidated damages, interest, attorney’s fees, and other relief under federal law.
Listeners will learn about the eight common FMLA violations discussed in the guide, including refusing to authorize leave, retaliating against employees for taking leave, counting protected absences under no-fault attendance policies, discouraging leave use, manipulating work hours, using FMLA leave as a negative factor in employment decisions, failing to provide required notices, and denying job restoration. The episode also explains how 29 U.S.C. § 2612, 29 U.S.C. § 2614, 29 U.S.C. § 2617, 29 CFR § 825.220, and 29 CFR § 825.300 shape employee rights and employer obligations.
Featuring insights tied to Miami family medical leave act attorneys Jason D. Berkowitz and Anisley Tarragona, the discussion highlights how FMLA interference and retaliation claims differ, why Florida’s at-will employment rule does not allow employers to fire workers for protected leave, and how the Eleventh Circuit’s McDonnell Douglas framework may apply in retaliation cases based on circumstantial evidence. The episode also touches on related workplace laws, including the ADA, FLSA, Title VII, the Florida Civil Rights Act, and the Florida Whistleblower Act.
For employees in Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and across South Florida, this episode offers practical steps for protecting FMLA rights, including submitting leave requests in writing, saving employer communications, tracking hours worked, keeping medical certifications, and documenting job changes after leave. BT Law Group, PLLC, located at 3050 Biscayne Blvd STE 205, Miami, FL 33137, can be reached at (305) 507-8506 for workers facing denied leave, wrongful termination, retaliation, or other workplace violations involving protected medical or family leave.
BT Law Group, PLLC
3050 Biscayne Blvd STE 205, Miami, FL 33137
(305) 507-8506