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February 11, 2008
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division published a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Interested parties are
encouraged to submit comments by 12:00 midnight, April 11, 2008.
The Federal Register Notice, instructions for submitting comments
and related documents are available at Wage and Hour's FMLA
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking website.
January 28, 2008
On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed into law H.R. 4986,
the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008 (NDAA). Among
other things, section 585 of the NDAA amends
the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to permit
a “spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin” to take up
to 26 workweeks of leave to care for a “member of the Armed
Forces, including a member of the National Guard or Reserves,
who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy,
is otherwise in outpatient status, or is otherwise on the temporary
disability retired list, for a serious injury or illness.” Additional
information and a copy of Title I of the FMLA, as amended, are
available on the website.
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WHD Highlights |
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is responsible
for administering and enforcing some of our nation’s most
comprehensive labor laws, including: the minimum wage, overtime,
and child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA);
the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); the Migrant and Seasonal
Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA); worker protections
provided in several temporary visa programs; and the prevailing
wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) and the Service
Contract Act (SCA). 
