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GAO-09-215R 1 (2008-12-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwvw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I im T I M Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-317505 December 2, 2008 The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Chairman The Honorable Michael B. Enzi Ranking Minority Member Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate The Honorable George Miller Chairman The Honorable Howard P. Buck McKeon Ranking Minority Member Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives Subject: Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Labor (Labor), Wage and Hour Division, entitled The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) (RIN: 1215- AB35). We received the rule on November 18, 2008. It was published in the Federal Registeras a final rule on November 17, 2008. 73 Fed. Reg. 67,934. The final rule amends the regulations implementing the FMLA, Pub. L. No. 103-3, 107 Stat. 6 (Feb. 5, 1993), the law that provides eligible employees who work for covered employers the right to take job-protected, unpaid leave for absences for the following circumstances: the birth of the employee's son or daughter; to care for the newborn child; placement of a son or daughter with the employee for adoption or foster care; care for a son, daughter, spouse, or parent with a serious health condition; or the employee's own serious health condition. The final rule also addresses new military family leave entitlements included in amendments to the FMLA enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-181, § 585(a), 122 Stat 3, 128 (Jan. 28, 2008). The amendments provide additional job-protected leave rights to eligible employees of covered employers who provide care for covered service members with a serious injury or illness and because of qualifying exigencies arising out of the fact that a covered military member is on active duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to active GAO-09-215R

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