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FMLA expanded to provide leave to the families of U.S. military service personnel

Catherine Barbieri
May 23, 2008 18:17

In January, 2008, President Bush signed legislation that expands the leave available to family members of U.S. military service personnel under the FMLA.  The amendments, which went into effect on January 28, 2008, are the first amendments to the FMLA since its enactment in 1993.  Under...

FMLA Leave for flight attendants and pilots?

Catherine Barbieri
May 14, 2008 19:52

On May 14, 2008, the House Education and Labor Committee unanimously approved the Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act (H.R. 2744), which clarifies that full-time flight attendants and pilots are covered under the FMLA.  The bill would close a loophole that effectively...

Governor Corzine signs New Jersey Paid Family Leave legislation into law

Catherine Barbieri
May 02, 2008 17:53

On May 2, 2008, Governor Corzine of New Jersey signed into law Paid Family Leave legislation.  The New Jersey Paid Family Leave legislation provides up to six weeks (or 42 days if the leave is "intermittent") of benefits -- at the same level as those provided under New Jersey's...

Proposed FMLA Regulations

Catherine Barbieri
February 11, 2008 18:36

On February 11, 2008, the United States Department of Labor (the "DOL") issued a voluminous Notice of Proposed Rule-Making, in which it proposed revisions to a number of the regulations implementing the FMLA.   One of the key proposals is for a new Section...