Ninety-one percent of respondents to an International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans survey indicated that they are subject to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Of those respondents, 84% offer some type of paid family and medical leave. Seventy-six percent of those who offer this paid leave make it available for an employee’s own serious illness. Forty-eight percent provide paid family leave for the care of a newborn, newly adopted child or newly placed foster child. Some employers that offer paid leave grant it for situations beyond those specified in FMLA.
Handling intermittent family and medical leave is identified as a challenge by the majority of employers that responded. Seventy-five percent of the survey’s respondents cited handling intermittent leave as one of the most challenging aspects of FMLA.
Family and Medical Leave [Order Now] is the latest installment in the International Foundation’s Survey & Sample series. The book includes 70 valuable sample family and medical leave policies, forms and checklists. Results are compiled from 241 responses of U.S. corporate benefit managers, public employers and professional service providers. Major findings include:
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