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Synopsis of Law
Covered
employers must grant an eligible
employee up to a total of 12 workweeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month
period for one or more of the following reasons:
- for the birth and care of the newborn child of the employee;
- for placement with the employee of a son or daughter for adoption or
foster care;
- to care for an immediate family member (spouse, child, or parent)
with a serious health condition; or
- to take medical leave when the employee is unable to work because of
a serious health condition.
Compliance Assistance Materials
Key News FAQ Workplace Posters eLaws Advisor Guides Forms Fact Sheets
General Information
- 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. (February 11, 2008)
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The President 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. (January 28, 2008)
- The Family and Medical Leave
Act Public Service Announcement
- Employee/Employer Advisor
Answers to a variety of commonly asked questions about FMLA including employee eligibility,
valid reasons for leave, employee/employer notification responsibilities, and employee rights/benefits.
These forms are only available in PDF format. In order to view and/or print PDF documents
you must have a PDF viewer (e.g., Adobe
Acrobat® Reader™) available on your workstation.
- Form WH-380
An optional form that may be used to obtain a medical certification from a health care provider.
- Form WH-381
An optional form that an employer may use to respond to an employee's request for leave.
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