Big Changes to Family & Medical Leave Act

The Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows workers to take off 12 weeks a year unpaid to care for a child or other family member with a medical condition. But advocates for work & family balance and Hillary Clinton are critisizing the Bush Administration this week for trying to make it harder for employees to take the leave. Some of the proposed changes to the law: workers would need to give advance notice when possible; employers could directly contact doctors to verify the employees’ claims; workers would have to prove medical conditions twice a year from once a year currently. Here's the full text of the changes published in the Federal Register today: http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/FedRegNPRM.pdf