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FMLA military leave rights expand

New military FMLA leave rights enacted Oct. 28 by the National Defense Authorization Act grant 12 weeks of qualifying exigency leave to relatives of active-duty members of the Armed Forces -- not just families of active Guard or Reserve members or retirees from the Armed Forces or Reserves. Military caregiver leave -- which allows up to 26 weeks' leave when a relative incurs serious illness or injury in active duty -- now extends to families of veterans whose injury or illness occurred in the past five years. The law also gives certain federal employees retirement credit for unused sick leave.  (Select News, 2 Nov 2009)


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