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Making headway on medical leave

Military families weren't the only work force segment able to push for a landmark rule change on medical leave this week.

By Jenny Ivy | Updated on January 30, 2012

About a year ago, the Department of Labor decided it needed to update its Family and Medical Leave Act research beyond the analysis that was done in 2000. Reasonably, the department took an initiative to address evolving economic conditions and regulations.

DOL solicited comments last April, after which – some hoped – that “any new or proposed FMLA regulations should contain revised FMLA forms that more accurately reflect the recent changes to the law, including family military leave lists of covered individuals, servicemember caregiver documentation, and the expanded in loco parentis coverage,” according to a white paper published on hr.blr.com.

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