Labor Law Changes Have Military Perks (take effect Jan. 16.)

[Omaha Steve]

December 31, 2008
The Virginian-Pilot

The nation's newest major labor law will get its first overhaul in 15 years when revised regulations take effect Jan. 16.

The changes in the Family and Medical Leave Act will tighten notice requirements for employees and add a new option for the military . The changes fall short of demands from businesses to curb what they see as worker abuse of the law.

"I think the Department of Labor did a pretty decent job of providing more clarity as to both employers' and employees' responsibilities," Christina Floyd, senior counsel for Vandeventer Black LLD in Norfolk, said Monday.

Another employment lawyer, David Burton of Williams Mullen in Virginia Beach, said, "I think everybody will find a little something they like and a little something they don't like."

The Family and Medical Leave Act, known as FMLA, was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993. It permits many workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to tend to a baby or sick relative, or recover from a serious health condition. The leave may be taken in one stretch or in blocks of time, known as intermittent leave.

The revamped regulations fill in the details of a law signed by President George W. Bush in January offering two new options for military relatives.

FULL story at link.

[cosmicdot]

1. link here

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/12/overhaul-family-leave-act-has-perks-military

[Omaha Steve]

2. OOPS

Thanks for the assist. I do that from time to time.

Where I got it: http://www.military.com/news/article/labor-law-changes-have-military-perks.html?col=1186032310810