Last Wednesday, October 28, 2009, President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (the “NDAA of 2010”). This law went into effect immediately upon receiving his signature.
Most of the news media’s focus has been on the financial and other “support for our troops” aspects of this law. However, it has serious human resource implications as well. Specifically, one of the 4,713 sections of the NDAA of 2010 significantly amends the Family and Medical Leave Act (the “FMLA”).
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