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Clarity on FMLA
Beginning this month, the Department of Labor will clarify new rulings on the Family Medical Leave Act
(FMLA).
The DOL will publish a proposal designed to help workers and their employers better understand their
rights and responsibilities, and speed the implementation of new laws that expand FMLA coverage for
certain military families.
"This proposal preserves workers' family and medical leave rights while improving the administration of
FMLA by fostering better communication in the workplace," said Victoria A. Lipnic, assistant secretary
for the Employment Standards Administration. "It also implements a law President Bush recently signed to
extend family and medical leave to families of America's soldiers who are suffering serious illness or
injury."
The Notice of Proposal Rulemaking will be published in the Federal register on February 11. Comments are
welcome.
For more information about the FMLA and the proposed regulations, visit the Wage and Hour Division's Web
site at www.wagehour.dol.gov.
For more information about this article, go to:
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/ESA20080198.htm
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