update on Senate Bill proposals

cats in TX

I am doing research paper on current federal proposals for changes in the FMLA. What search engines do you suggest? I have exhausted HRhero.com and SHRM

marc

Did you google?

If no luck there, contact your congresspeople.

Brad Forrister

You might try Thomas, the Library of Congress search engine, if you're looking for proposals that have actually been introduced in Congress.

But the big changes in FMLA that are expected in the short run are the proposed regs that are being worked on in the Department of Labor.

There are several articles in the HR Answer Engine on that subject. In the pull-down box for states, choose the last entry, "Federal." Choose the current year, or include last year as well.

One of the articles points to this web site:
[url]http://www.fixfmla.org[/url]

Brad Forrister
VP/Content
M. Lee Smith Publishers

LivindonSouth

You can also email the offices of Ted Kennedy, Barney Frank, Barack O'Bama, Patrick Leahy, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi. All of those, and a handful of their compatriots have proposed expanding the Act to further burden the employer community.

You might also want to include in your report the fact that President Clinton proposed the Act be broadened to include trips to the veterinarian and attendance at school plays. And don't overlook the fact in your paper that those sorts of ludicrous proposals carried with them that the leave be paid as well.

Good luck with the paper. Hurry, schools almost out.

deniseE

[url]http://thomas.loc.gov/[/url]

This is the webaddress for the US Congress. You can search by key word or phrase. It will show you all kinds of pending bills and allow you to follow them through committee/votes/changes.

Each state also has a similar "electronic" library.

Good luck!

pork1

DeniseE: Thanks, that is a good site to know.

PORK

cats in TX

thanks so very much for the suggestions. The thomas.loc.gov site was just what I was looking for.

On a lighter note, I would be interested in the aspect of veterinary visits being covered by fmla. I have no children, so don't really get the opportunity to exercise those fmla rights. However, I do have lots of cats.

marc

Vet visits are not covered now - most companies will not even allow EEs to use their sick time for this purpose. That does not prevent our EEs from trying it though.

LivindonSouth

That was Bill Clinton's pipe dream. I think he had cats in mind, in fact. He always had 'that' on his mind in one form or another. x;-)