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- Employment Law Guide
Updated to reflect regulations implementing the Caregiver Leave Act, effective January 1, 2026.
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- Handbook Templates
Updated statement and guidance to reflect amended rules implementing the Healthy Delaware Families Act.
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- Handbook Templates
Updated statement and guidance to reflect amended rules implementing the Healthy Delaware Families Act.
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- Editor's Choice
Updated with additional resources and streamlined article structure.
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- November 12, 2025
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- Commentary and Insights
Managing family and medical leave across multiple states is a compliance minefield. The federal FMLA sets a baseline, but state-specific laws often impose stricter or conflicting requirements, especially around documentation and notice obligations. This article offers strategies to maintain compliance across jurisdictions and avoid costly missteps.
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- Date:
- November 10, 2025
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- Editor's Choice
Brightmine is pleased to announce the release of new state and local family and medical leave forms to support employers in administering family and medical leave at the federal, state and local levels.
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- Handbook Templates
Minnesota employers with one or more employees should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of paid family and medical leave benefits and to show their compliance with the Minnesota Paid Leave Law, effective January 1, 2026.
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- Handbook Templates
New Hampshire employers with 50 or more employees at the same location in the state should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of a leave of absence for eligible spouses of servicemembers and to demonstrate their compliance with New Hampshire's family military leave law, effective January 1, 2026.
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- Type:
- Employment Law Guide
Updated to reflect forthcoming amendments regarding covered family members under the paid family leave law.
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- Letters and Forms
A covered Minnesota employer may use this form to receive employee requests for a family and medical leave of absence.