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The AFL-CIO last week called on the Bush Administration to drop its proposed changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), as outlined in proposed amendments to the FMLA's regulations released in February by the Department of Labor (DOL). The union said the pending rule revisions "would make it more difficult for workers to get the time off they need to care for themselves or their loved ones in emergencies." The union federation made its comments pursuant to the open comment period on the proposed regulations, which concluded on April 11.
"The Department [of Labor] now proposes to make dozens of changes to the regulations, the vast majority of which impose tighter controls on the taking of FMLA leave in response to the urging of the business community. Workers gain very little under this proposal," the AFL-CIO wrote in comments submitted to the Department of Labor.
"The Family and Medical Leave Act is working. The Department of Labor's own research says so," AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said, referencing a DOL study that found workers taking FMLA had little effect on business growth, productivity and profitability. "These proposed regulations are nothing more than a goodbye gift from the Bush Administration to the business interests who have been trying to gut the Family and Medical Leave Act since it was enacted 15 years ago and have found an eager partner in Labor Secretary Elaine Chao."
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