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Report Link FMLA Expanded To Permit Leave for Family Members of Military Personnel (pdf).Nexsen Pruet - February 19, 2008 On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (NDAA), which contains a provision amending the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for the first time since the FMLA was enacted in 1993. The NDAA amendment expands the FMLA for employees in military families. Report Link Expansion of FMLA Leave for Families of Service Members.Shaw Valenza LLP - February 15, 2008 President Bush has signed the first amendment of the FMLA since Congress passed the original law in 1993. As initially drafted, the FMLA requires employers of more than 50 employees to approve unpaid leave for employees. The terms of FMLA leave include up to 12 weeks of time off for eligible employees to care for themselves or a family member’s serious health condition. Report Link Congress Amends Family and Medical Leave Act to Add New Leave Rights for Military Families.Phelps Dunbar LLP - February 11, 2008 On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008. Buried within the Act are significant revisions to the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). These revisions extend coverage to employees who care for family members injured while on active military duty, or who must tend to other exigent circumstances arising from active military service. Specifically, the new FMLA provisions provide two new types of leave. Report Link FMLA Now Permits Time Off for Family Members of Military Personnel (pdf).Vedder Price - February 07, 2008 Effective January 28, 2008, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was amended to provide protected leave for employees who need time off to handle “exigencies” related to an immediate family member’s military service or call-up for service, and to care for a family member who is injured during military service. Report Link Amendment to the Family Medical Leave Act Provides New Leave Rights for the Families of Servicemembers.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - February 06, 2008 On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed into law H.R. 4986, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008. Among other things, H.R. 4986 significantly amends the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to extend coverage to employees to care for family members injured while on active military duty. The Amendment became effective upon the President's signature. Report Link President Bush Expands the Protections of the FMLA: What Does This Mean for Employers and When?Michael Best & Friedrich LLP - February 05, 2008 On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (“NDAA”) (H.R. 4986). Section 585 of the NDAA amends the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”) to provide two new types of FMLA leave to employees with family members serving in the military. Report Link DOL Addresses Effective Date of New FMLA Requirements.Ford & Harrison LLP - February 01, 2008 The Department of Labor (DOL) has published an information page regarding the recent amendment to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) contained in the Defense Authorization Act for 2008 (NDAA). As discussed in our prior Alert, on January 28, 2008, the President signed the NDAA which, among other things, amended the FMLA to give the “spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin” of a member of the Armed Forces up to 26 weeks of leave to care for the service member “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.” Report Link New and Pending Changes to the FMLA.Helms Mulliss & Wicker - February 01, 2008 On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (NDAA), H.R. 4986. Among other things, the NDAA contains important amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) regarding an employee’s entitlement to leave. Report Link President Bush Expands the Family and Medical Leave Act for the Families of Service Members.Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP. - February 01, 2008 On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed into law H.R. 4986, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008 (“NDAA”). The NDAA amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”) for families of service members and provides two new types of leave to eligible employees: (1) leave for care for an injured service member and (2) leave due to active duty of a family member. Report Link President Signs Bill Expanding FMLA Protection for Military Family Members.Ford & Harrison LLP - January 31, 2008 On Monday (January 28) the President signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which includes, among other things, the first expansion of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) since that law was enacted in 1993. Identical provisions were included in a prior version of the law presented to the President in December 2007; however, he pocket vetoed that legislation because of concerns about provisions that would expand the ability of Americans to seek financial compensation from countries that supported or sponsored terrorist acts, including Libya, Iran and Iraq under Saddam Hussein. Report Link New Law Expands Family and Medical Leave Act.Fisher & Phillips, LLP - January 31, 2008 This past week, the House of Representatives passed a revised version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which was primarily intended to address concerns over litigation surrounding the Gulf War. But one section of that bill included provisions extending FMLA protection to close family relatives of uniformed service members. The Senate subsequently passed the same bill by a resounding vote of 91 to 3. On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed the bill into law, and some of its provisions are already in effect. Report Link FMLA Amendments Extend Leave to Families of Servicemembers.Jackson Lewis LLP - January 31, 2008 President George Bush has signed into law a defense authorization bill that includes provisions amending the Family and Medical Leave Act to provide (a) up to six months of leave for family members caring for military veterans injured while on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and (b) 12 weeks of leave to family members of armed services personnel called up to active duty under certain circumstances. The bill, which was signed Jan 28, 2008 and takes effect immediately, had wide bipartisan support and was passed by the House of Representatives on January 16 by a vote 369-46 and and by the Senate on January 22 by a vote of 91-3. Report Link New Family and Medical Leave For Military FamiliesGray Plant Mooty - January 30, 2008 On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed into law important new amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). These amendments relate to military families, creating two new circumstances in which employees with family members in the armed services may be entitled to FMLA leave. Report Link New Law Offers Enhanced FMLA Leave for Families of Military Personnel.Ogletree Deakins - January 30, 2008 Yesterday, President George Bush signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 which includes two provisions that expand the benefits of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to assist service members and their families. One provision requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave a year for a "qualifying exigency" connected to the active duty status of an employee's spouse, son, daughter or parent ("active duty leave"). The other provision entitles eligible family members to take up to 26 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a wounded servicemember ("caregiver leave"). Report Link Department of Labor Issues Guidance Regarding the Rights of Reemployed Members of the Uniformed Services to Take Family and Medical Leave.Thelen Reid & Priest LLP - August 28, 2002 The Department of Labor ("DOL") has issued a new memorandum clarifying the rights of employees who serve in the armed forces, including the National Guard and the military reserves. Report Link DOL Concludes Employers Must Count Military Service Time Toward FMLA Eligibility.Winston & Strawn - July 29, 2002 Last week the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") issued a memorandum clarifying its position on the intersection of National Guard and reservists' rights under the Uniformed Services and Employment and Reemployment Rights Act ("USERRA") and the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"). Report Link THE EFFECT OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT ON LEAVE ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT [PDF File].Department of Labor - July 25, 2002 Seven questions that deal with the eligibility of National Guardsmen and Reservists for Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") leave
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