Punching In: The Trump Medical, Family Leave Reform Blueprint (Corrected)

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

FMLA Fine Tuning | Labor Department Goes Long | They Still Wanna Talk with Alex

Chris Opfer: The Labor Department surprised some folks (including a few inside the Frances Perkins building) when it announced last week that it’s considering doing some tinkering with the Family and Medical and Leave Act.

The DOL hasn’t updated regulations interpreting the law, which allows workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for a serious health condition, the birth of a child and other reasons, in about a decade. Department officials had not given any indication ...