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	<title>Hr News &#38; Views Blog &#187; FMLA</title>
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		<title>DOL Expands Definition of  “Son or Daughter” for FMLA and Includes Non-traditional Parents</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/08/11/dol-expands-definition-of-%e2%80%9cson-or-daughter%e2%80%9d-for-fmla-and-includes-non-traditional-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), in Administrative Interpretation No. 2010-3, has expanded the definition of son/daughter for the purposes of childcare leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act.  Under the FMLA, eligible employees are entitled to take up to 12 weeks of leave for the birth, adoption, or placement of a child or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Department of Labor to Conduct FMLA Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor next year will conduct a survey on how employees are using the Family and Medical Leave Act, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced Tuesday, July 20. The survey, to be done by the department’s Wage and Hour Division, is intended to “provide insight into how families” use FMLA leave, as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Around the States</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/07/12/around-the-states-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FMLA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Connecticut legislation has expanded the state’s “mini-COBRA law”.  Both large and small employers will be affected as the law extends the health continuation coverage from 18 months to 30 months. Another new Connecticut law, effective October 1, 2010, entitles employees who are family violence victims to take leave from work. The Connecticut Superior Court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Considers Paid Family Leave</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/05/18/congress-considers-paid-family-leave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FMLA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On March 25, the Family Leave Insurance Act of 2009 was introduced in the House of Representatives.  The bill would implement a family leave insurance program providing certain employees up to 12 weeks of paid family leave in a 12 month period.  The bill would require employers of 2 or more employees to provide paid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FMLA Leave and Daily Calling In</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/03/30/fmla-leave-and-daily-calling-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FMLA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent 8th Circuit Court of Appeals case recently dealt with an interesting FMLA question. The issue was: Is it appropriate for an organization to fire an employee on FMLA leave for failing to call in each day, as required by company policy? The court upheld the company&#8217;s actions. It held that the termination was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Can’t Sleep…The New FMLA Regulations Are Available</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/11/17/if-you-can%e2%80%99t-sleep%e2%80%a6the-new-fmla-regulations-are-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/11/17/if-you-can%e2%80%99t-sleep%e2%80%a6the-new-fmla-regulations-are-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FMLA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[updates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/11/17/if-you-can%e2%80%99t-sleep%e2%80%a6the-new-fmla-regulations-are-available/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After two years the Department of Labor has just released its final regulatory updates to the Family Leave Act. These new regulations we be effective on January 16, 2009. While attorneys and other “interested” observers are pouring over the 201 page document published in the Federal Registry, it doesn’t appear, at first glance, to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Election. What&#8217;s Next: FMLA Expansion</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/11/10/post-election-whats-next-fmla-expansion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/11/10/post-election-whats-next-fmla-expansion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FMLA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Continuation of post last week introducing various HR issues being addressed in Washington DC and providing more information on each topic. Congress and President-elect Barack Obama both support some sort of expansion of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). This will probably include lowering the coverage threshold from 50 to 25 employees and allowing workers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buckle Up: Proposed Revisions to FMLA Regulations Now Available — by Jane</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/02/12/buckle-up-proposed-revisions-to-fmla-regulations-now-available-%e2%80%94-by-jane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FMLA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You probably haven’t gotten over the excitement of the January 28th Amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act which provide two new forms of leave relating to military service. Well get ready for more thrill and chills. On February 11th, the Department of Labor released its “much anticipated” revised FMLA regulations.  In addition to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Ready to Implement the New FMLA Changes?</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/01/29/are-you-ready-to-implement-the-new-fmla-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/01/29/are-you-ready-to-implement-the-new-fmla-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FMLA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On January 28th, President Bush signed into law a defense authorization bill (H.R. 4986) which expands the Family and Medical Leave Act. Among other things the new law expands FMLA coverage. It requires covered employers to: 1.  Permit a “spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin” to take up to 26 workweeks of leave [...]]]></description>
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