Department of Labor Hosts FMLA Webinar (HRC) 
The Department of Labor (DOL) will host a free webinar on June 27 at 2 p.m. EDT covering the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and policy developments that impact LGBT parents. The webinar will help workers and employers understand leave coverage and eligibility. DOL has also prepared a 16-page booklet addressing common questions about the leave.
The FMLA currently provides eligible employees of covered employers 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in a 12-month period: for the birth and care of a newborn child of the employee; for the placement with the employee of a son or daughter for adoption or foster care; to care for a spouse, son, daughter or parent with a serious health condition; for a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of his or her job; and for qualifying exigencies arising out of the fact that the employee’s spouse, son, daughter or parent is a covered military member on “active duty.”
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