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February 11, 2013

DOL Releases Final FMLA Regulations

On Feb. 6, 2013, the Department of Labor (DOL) marked the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by releasing a set of final FMLA regulations. The final regulations, which become effective on March 8, 2013, implement two statutory expansions of FMLA leave protections. According to the DOL:

  • The first expansion provides families of eligible veterans with the same job-protected FMLA leave currently available to families of military service members and it also enables more military families to take leave for activities that arise when a service member is deployed.
  • The second expansion modifies existing rules so that airline personnel and flight crews are better able to make use of the FMLA’s protections.

In connection with the final regulations, the DOL indicated that it has updated some . . . to download the rest of this information click the file below. 

DOL Issues Final FMLA Regulations Ronstadt Insurance

February 7, 2013

Federal Rule Limits Aid to Families

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration adopted a strict definition of affordable health insurance on Wednesday that will deny federal financial assistance to millions of Americans with modest incomes who cannot afford family coverage offered by employers.

In deciding whether an employer’s health plan is affordable, theInternal Revenue Service said it would look at the cost of coverage only for an individual employee, not for a family. Family coverage might be prohibitively expensive, but federal subsidies would not be available to help buy insurance for children in the family.

The policy decision came in a final regulation interpreting ambiguous language in the 2010 health care law.

Under the law, most Americans will be required to  . . . click to continue.

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