The number of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) cases in which the Department of Labor found a violation increased in fiscal year 2024—and for a second consecutive year—after having declined annually over the previous decade, according to data recently released by DOL’s Wage and Hour Division. This indicates that more employees are now electing to file complaints with WHD rather than choosing to sue in court than was the case in the recent past.
In FY 2024, WHD closed 349 FMLA violation cases in which an employer was found to have violated the law, up from 334 in FY 2023. Denial of FMLA leave, discrimination, and termination each figured in almost one-third of the cases.
The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has prepared a chart of WHD’s FMLA enforcement activity over the past ten years.
CWC members can read more here.