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November 3, 2009
November 3, 2009
Last week President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2010, which marked another expansion of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
The 2008 version of the NDAA first extended the protections of the FMLA to family members of those serving in the military by providing up to 12 weeks of family leave for “exigent” circumstances to employees who have a family member on active military duty in support of contingency operations. The 2008 NDAA also granted up to 26 weeks of “caregiver” leave to employees who have a family member who has been seriously injured while on active military duty.
The 2010 NDAA further expands FMLA coverage in four significant ways.
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