A provision of the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will alter the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to assist military family members who need to take unpaid leave to care for an injured servicemember. The new law allows the spouses, children, parents or other next of kin who provide care for an injured servicemember to take as many as 26 weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period. Normally, eligible employers are permitted 12 weeks of unpaid leave for such family emergencies. For more information, visit the Department of Labor's Family and Medical Leave Act webpage.
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Medical Leave Act Extended to Military
Week of March 17, 2008
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