Lou Michels and Rod Satterwhite are partners in the Labor & Employment group at McGuireWoods LLP. Both handle employment litigation on behalf of employers, and advise companies on employment issues regularly.
posted on Friday, December 21, 2007 11:03 AM by Rod Satterwhite

FMLA Amendment Likely for Military Families

I don't usually quote myself (at least not publicly), but we just sent out a client alert regarding a likely amendment to the FMLA that would expand benefits to include certain types of leave relating to military service, and family care for wounded soldiers.  The amendment contains no effective date, and is expected to be signed by President Bush, so you may want to become familiar with it.  Read the client alert here.  Happy Holidays.

UPDATE 1/2/08:  As Lou pointed out in his comment, this bill was pocked vetoed by the President last week.  The reasons, however, were unrelated to the FMLA provisions, so a revised version is possible once Congress returns.  - RAS

Update 1/30/08:  The president has now signed the DoD Authorization Act with this provision, and it is effective immediately.

Comments

# re: FMLA Amendment Likely for Military Families

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 1:54 PM by Lou Michels
This provision was killed when the President vetoed the DoD Authorization Act over unrelated provisions concerning suits against Iraq...It may return in a later version of the bill, however.