The Family Medical Leave Act Final Rule was released in November 2008 and has changed some major provisions of the Act affecting the responsibilities of employers and employees. I will be posting a more detailed outline of these changes soon, but the most immediate concern to my fellow Human Resource Professionals is the new Notice requirements.
FMLA now requires that each individual employee be given "notice" of their rights under FMLA. The provisions state that this can be accomplished by placing the general notice posting in an employee handbook if it is distributed to all employees but if not then it must be handed to employees at the following times:
- at the time they are hired,and
- when they first request a FMLA leave of absence.
In addition, the new notice poster must be posted in a conspicuous place within the workplace.
Here is a link to a copy of the general notice poster:
www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/finalrule/FMLAPoster.pdf
The general notice poster must be distributed to employees and posted by January 16, 2009.
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