FMLA Insights - Guidance & Solutions for Employers

On the campaign trail, then candidate Barack Obama promised to work aggressively on work-family balance if he was elected president.  In doing so, he clearly signaled a movement toward pursuing additional rights for employees to permit them to better balance their workplace duties and their personal and family lives.  This "movement," however, has been stalled by the health care debate, the conflict in Iraq, and the Gulf Oil mess. Yesterday, the Administration signaled that its commitment to work-family balance is back on track. ... More

Have you been concerned that the US Department of Labor in an Obama Administration might reverse many of the "employer-friendly" FMLA regulations (pdf) that took effect in January 2009?  According to the DOL, however, major changes to the regulations is unlikely to happen any time soon.... More