Defense Bill Extends Military Families’ FMLA Coverage
President Barack Obama signs into law a Defense Department spending bill that further expands Family and Medical Leave Act coverage for families of employees in the military.
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November 2, 2009
Defense Bill Extends Military Families’ FMLA Coverage
In addition, the law allows employees to take up to 26 weeks of unpaid leave
to take care of a child, spouse, parent or next of kin who was discharged from
the military and whose military service aggravated a medical condition that
existed prior to the service.
While the new law “makes changes around the edges” of the 2008 law and will
affect a small number of employees, those changes will be very important to
those individuals, said Matt Morris, a legal consultant with Hewitt Associates
Inc.
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