By: Rachel D. Gebaide, Morey Raiskin and Abood Shebib Hurricane season is only half over, with Hurricane Ida leaving a trail of damage across Louisiana and beyond, and Hurricane Larry swirling in the Atlantic Ocean,…
Lowndes shareholders Rachel D. Gebaide, Andrew M. Gluck and Greg McNeill were speakers for the “Financial Relief Webinar” presented by AdventHealth on April 23, 2020. They spoke on three important issues facing today’s businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic: business interruption…
March 18, 2020 at 10:42 pm UPDATE: Tonight, after this article posted, President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act into law, which includes the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act and Emergency Paid…
By: Rachel D. Gebaide Over the weekend, the U.S. House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation designed to assist a large segment of the nation’s workforce whose ability to work is or may become impacted by…
BY: RACHEL D. GEBAIDE & TIMOTHY C. HAUGHEE MARCH 18, 2015 Effective March 27, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor’s regulations interpreting the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) expands coverage to legally married same-sex…
BY: TIMOTHY C. HAUGHEE & RACHEL D. GEBAIDE MAY 30, 2014 It is well-settled federal law that an employee may not waive “prospective” rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), but an employee can…
