| The New Family Medical Leave Act titled Military | | | | employees for each working day in the current or |
| Family Leave Notice has been signed into law H.R. | | | | previous year. (The 50 employee threshold includes |
| 4986, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal | | | | both full-time employees and part-time employees.) |
| Year 2008 (NDAA) by President Bush, and became | | | | This notice is strictly informational only and is NOT the |
| effective January 28, 2008 | | | | final version of the revised Family Medical Leave |
| This new law provides eligible employees working for | | | | poster. After review of the new law is complete, the |
| covered employers two important new leave rights | | | | current FMLA poster, titled “Your Rights under the |
| related to military service: | | | | Family and Medical Leave of 1993” will be revised |
| (1) Eligible employees are entitled to up to 12 weeks of | | | | by the responsible federal agency; that revision will |
| leave for any qualifying exigency arising out of the | | | | become available sometime between April and July of |
| covered family member’s active duty, | | | | 2008. |
| (2) Eligible employees are entitled up to 26 weeks of | | | | The new revision of the posting will be released by the |
| leave in a single 12-month period to care for the | | | | federal government sometime between April and July |
| covered service member who is recovering from a | | | | of 2008, at which time employers will be required to |
| serious illness or injury. The employee is entitled to a | | | | display the new version. Check back with Poster |
| combined total of 26 weeks of all types of FMLA | | | | solution for news on the revision release schedule; |
| leave. | | | | we’ll have it here as it becomes available from the |
| The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) only | | | | federal government. |
| applies to employers who employ 50 or more | | | | |