Labor Proposes Changes to FMLA Regulations

The Department of Labor has proposed new rules to clear up ambiguities in regulations implementing the Family Medical Leave Act, including requiring employees to give more advance notice when they are taking leave. The new rules would also require employees with serious medical conditions to provide more frequent medical certifications.

“We applaud the administration’s effort to restore balance to the FMLA,” says the Chamber’s Marc Freedman, director of labor law policy.

The Chamber and its National Coalition to Protect Family Leave submitted comments detailing employer problems with FMLA regulations last year in response to the department’s request for information. The department received and reviewed more than 15,000 comments from various stakeholders before publishing the proposed new rules in the Federal Register on February 11. Interested parties have until April 11 to comment on the proposed changes.

The proposed rule can be found here.

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