[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19307-19308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9327]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Women's Bureau; Commission on Family and Medical Leave; Public 
Hearing

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Title III of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) 
of 1993 (P.L. 103-3) this is to announce a hearing on the experience of 
FMLA for the Commission which is to take place on Monday, May 8, 1995. 
The purpose of the Commission is to, among other things, study the 
effects of existing and [[Page 19308]] proposed policies relating to 
family and medical leave. The Commission has the practical task of 
conducting a comprehensive study of: (a) Existing and proposed 
mandatory and voluntary policies relating to family and temporary 
medical leave, including policies provided by employers not covered 
under the Act; (b) the potential costs, benefits, and impact on 
productivity, job creation and business growth of such policies on 
employers and employees; (c) possible differences in costs, benefits, 
and impact on productivity, job creation and business growth of such 
policies on employers based on business type and size; (d) the impact 
of family and medical leave policies on the availability of employee 
benefits provided by employers, including employers not covered under 
this Act; (e) alternative and equivalent State enforcement of Title I 
with respect to employees described in section 108(a); (f) methods used 
by employers to reduce administrative costs of implementing family and 
medical leave policies; (g) the ability of the employers to recover, 
under section 104(c)(2), the premiums described in such section; and 
(h) the impact on employers and employees of policies that provided 
temporary wage replacement during periods of family and medical leave.

TIME AND PLACE: The hearing will be held on Monday, May 8, 1995, from 
9:30 am until 12:30 pm, at the Dirksen Federal Office Building, 219 
South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

AGENDA: The agenda for the hearing is as follows: Panel of FMLA 
supporters, Panel of FMLA Critics, Panel of Not Covered Employers and 
Employees.

STATEMENTS: Interested persons may submit, in writing, data, 
information or views on employer or employee experiences with FMLA 
prior to or at the hearing.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The hearing will be open to the public. Seating 
will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Seats will be 
reserved for the media. Persons with disabilities should contact the 
Commission no later than April 24, 1995, if special accommodations are 
needed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan King, Executive Director, 
Commission on Leave, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Room S-3002, Washington, D.C. 20210, Telephone: (202) 219-4526; 
Ext. 102.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 10th day of April, 1995.
Susan King,
Executive Director, Commission on Leave.
[FR Doc. 95-9327 Filed 4-14-95; 8:45 am]
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