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June 24, 2005
Family and Medical Leave at Risk; Millions of Americans Could Lose Access to Leave If Bush Administration Revises Regulations, Warns President of National Partnership for Women and Families
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Many more Americans will have to choose between job and family when medical crises strike or babies are born if the Bush Administration rolls back the 12-year-old Family and Medical Leave Act, the nation's leading expert on the law warned today. Speaking before a hearing organized by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, National Partnership for Women and Families President Debra Ness cautioned that changes being considered by the U.S. Department of Labor could deny job-protected leave to nearly half those who currently benefit from the law.
"This is a moment to stand up for working families," Ness told lawmakers. "Changes such as forcing employees to take unpaid leave in half-day increments would be devastating and would greatly diminish the impact of the law. The Family and Medical Leave Act has helped more than 50 million Americans, without causing any significant hardship to businesses."
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Posted on June 24, 2005 03:15 AM
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