With the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008 (NDAA) earlier this week, the new amendments to the FMLA for care of military members are now effective immediately.  For a full text of the FMLA, with the new amendments, the Department of Labor has posted it here.

For a refresher to my

As I predicted last month, Congress will quickly take up the bill regarding defense spending (which also includes a provision for protected leave for military families) this week, when it opens its 2008 session. 

The New York Times is reporting this morning that a resolution of the issues which resulted in the President’s pocket veto of

On Friday, Congress passed the first significant amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in over a decade.  Morguefile - militaryThe Bill still needs to be signed by President Bush in order for it to become effective. 

The new bill, which has yet to be signed by President Bush, creates an additional category for