DOL's new military caregiver, exigency leave provisions
The Department of Labor recently expanded the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to include more veteran and employee coverage. According to Business Management Daily, these new regulations have been in intermediate stages for three years, after first being proposed in the 2010 defense spending legislation. The FMLA changes will impact veterans' and other eligible employees' time and attendance requirements, so it is important for employers to be aware of their new responsibilities.
The FMLA's military caregiver leave provision previously gave employees who are immediate relatives of a service member the option of taking up to 26 weeks of unpaid leave in order to care for that military member. The provision is now extended to also include veterans who are being treated or receiving therapy for an injury or illness from the line of duty.
Another important facet for employers to know about the new FMLA provisions is that an employee can take more days off for an exigency leave in correspondence with a serviceman's rest and recuperation leave. According to the DOL, the allowable time was increased from 5 days to 15 days. Exigency leave is also now permitted so that an employee can care for the related military member's parent when care is needed.
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