An overview of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

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The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 was the first act passed during the Clinton administration. Two attempts by Congress to pass such a law during the Bush administration failed to override the president's veto. The law has three parts. It requires that employers with at least 50 employees give up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year in certain cases. These include childbirth and serious illness of the employee, a spouse, child, or parent. It requires employers to protect the positions of those taking this leave. It gives enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance.

Family leave

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An overview of proposed legislation: the Family Friendly Workplace Act of 1997

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The purpose of the proposed Family Friendly Workplace Act is to restructure the country's overtime pay system to allow compensatory time off instead of payment for overtime hours. Such a change would supposedly make it easier for employers to handle competitive pressures and for employees to handle family matters in addition to work. Questions and answers about the bill are listed.

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Keeping track of comp time is a full-time job

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Family-friendly legislation is the 1997 fashion in Washington, and proposed compensatory time legislation for the private sector provides an example. However, aside from the Fair Labor Standards Act's longtime preclusion of such wage payment systems for the private sector, such legislation, although apparently likely, will include potentially unmanageable administrative burdens.

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