Survey Shows Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 Not Developed Enough for Businesses

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The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 will recognize its 12th anniversary this year. But like many pre-teens, some people would argue that the law is still immature enough to damage business.

FMLA is the law that is supposed to provide job protection for employees who need to take an extended leave from work for family or medical emergencies. For companies with 50 or more employees, the FMLA stipulates those companies must allow employees to take up to 12 weeks of sick leave in one year's time. These emergencies include the birth or adoption of a child, a serious health condition of the employee or a serious health condition of the employee's spouse, child or parent. But the undeveloped part of the law is its definition of a serious health condition.

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Survey Shows Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 Not Developed Enough for Businesses

In a national survey done by the Society of Human Resources Management, employers complained of the challenges in tracking intermittent absences, the vague documentation of medical-leave certification by health care p...

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