Laws and Guidelines Re EE Treatment

T or F: You can take FMLA for a person even when you’re not their primary caregiver.

F

States Requiring Paid FMLA Leave as of 2025

California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington,
Rhode Island, Washington D.C., Illinois, Oregon, Minnesota, Delaware, Maine, and
Maryland

What other places requires paid medical leave for government employees?

Puerto Rico

What other states have have mandates requiring paid leave for the employees’ own health
condition, but they do not have state-mandated FMLA.

Hawaii and Texas

Tennessee state law provides for ____ weeks of FMLA

16

Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights
Act - 1994 (USERRA)

protects the job rights of those who voluntarily
or involuntarily leave employment positions to
undertake military service or certain types of service in
the National Disaster Medical System.

Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA from 2008)

bans any use of genetic information (health condition) in decisions related
to health insurance and employment;

T or F: Employers need to utilize extreme caution in collecting information about employees
which could give rise to a GINA claim.

T

Executive Order 13658

Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors,” to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 for all workers on Federal construction and service contracts. tipped employees performing work on or in
connection with contracts covered by Executive Order 13658 generally must be paid
a minimum cash wage of $8.50 per hour. Contractors covered by Executive Order
13658 must ensure that workers receive no less than the minimum wage rates in
effect during each calendar year in which a covered multi-year contract is
performed.