[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 6658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2702]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Wage and Hour Division

29 CFR Part 825

RIN 1215-AA85


The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; Deferral of Effective 
Date of Regulations

AGENCY: Wage and Hour Division, Labor.

ACTION: Deferral of effective date of regulations.

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SUMMARY: This document defers the effective date, from February 6, 
1995, to April 6, 1995, of Labor Department regulations implementing 
the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 CFR Part 825, which were 
published in the Federal Register Friday, January 6, 1995 (60 FR 2180). 
This action is taken in order to provide the public additional time to 
implement the final regulations, including, where appropriate, to 
revise policies and procedures.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This document is effective February 3, 1995. The 
effective date of the final Family and Medical Leave Act regulations 
published in the Federal Register on January 6, 1995 (60 FR 2180), is 
hereby deferred until April 6, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
J. Dean Speer, Division of Policy and Analysis, Wage and Hour Division, 
Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-
3506, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone 
(202) 219-8412. This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Final regulations implementing the Family 
and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., were 
published in the Federal Register on January 6, 1995, with an effective 
date of February 6, 1995 (see 60 FR 2180). In response to requests that 
the Department of Labor provide additional time to enable employers and 
other members of the public to comply with their new responsibilities 
and to implement revised policies and procedures consistent with the 
final regulations, the Department is deferring, from February 6, 1995, 
until April 6, 1995, the effective date of the final Family and Medical 
Leave Act regulations published on January 6, 1995.
    Because these rules are scheduled to become effective very shortly, 
notice and public comment on this change of effective date is 
impracticable, unnecessary and contrary to the public interest, and 
good cause exists for making this deferral effective immediately.

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 825

    Employee benefit plans, Health, Health insurance, Labor management 
relations, Maternal and child health, Teachers.

    Authority: The statutory authority for this action is as 
follows: 29 U.S.C. 2654; Secretary's Order 1-93 (58 FR 21190).

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 31st day of January, 1995.
Maria Echaveste,
Administrator, Wage and Hour Division.
[FR Doc. 95-2702 Filed 2-2-95; 8:45 am]
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