Bulletin: Long-awaited FMLA Revisions Delayed Until Next Year

Proposed revisions to Family and Medical Leave Act regulations will not be issued until March 2005, according to the latest regulatory agenda from the Department of Labor. Originally, the Bush administration announced it planned to unveil the revisions in January 2003. The changes to the 1993 leave law have lagged as the DOL repeatedly extended the time frame, partly because it gave precedence to finalizing changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Supreme Court’s 2002 decision in Ragsdale v. Wolverine Worldwide Inc. changed the standard for when FMLA leave begins running. A number of other requirements have also been challenged.