[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31168-31169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14432]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Women's Bureau; Commission on Family and Medical Leave; Notice of 
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 
family and temporary medical leave policies for the Commission which is 
to take place on Monday, June 26, 1995. The purpose of the Commission 
is to, among other things, study the effects of existing and 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, 
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.

[[Page 31169]] TIME AND PLACE: The hearing will be held on Monday, June 
26, 1995, from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm, at the St. Mary's Medical 
Center, 450 Stanyan Street, San Francisco, California 94117.

AGENDA: The agenda for the hearing is as follows: three panels of 
witnesses will give testimony on their experiences with family and 
temporary medical leave policies.

STATEMENTS: Interested persons may submit, in writing, data, 
information or views on employer or employee experiences with family 
and temporary medical leave policies 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 June 19, 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 5th day of June, 1995.
Susan King,
Executive Director, Commission on Leave.
[FR Doc. 95-14432 Filed 6-12-95; 8:45 am]
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