NEW SERVICEMEMBER FAMILY LEAVE REQUIRES UPDATED FMLA POSTERS

If your company is subject to FMLA, you should be aware that Congress recently expanded the leave allowed under the Act to include leave for members of the Armed Forces and their families.  Amended by the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008, the FMLA now permits certain persons to take up to 26 workweeks for Servicemember Family Leave and expands the entitlement for FMLA to include any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that the spouse, son, daughter or parent of the employee is on active duty or has been notified of any impending call to active duty.  Click here to link to a prior article that discussed these changes in more detail.

The FMLA requires covered employers to post certain details of the leave laws, which includes these new provisions.  The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor has recently published a new update poster to cover the expanded FMLA coverage.  You can download this poster at http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/NDAAAmndmnts.pdf.