[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 134 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 36165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17206]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


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 (Pub. 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 Friday, August 4, 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.

TIME AND PLACE: The hearing will be held on Friday, August 4, 1995, 
from 9 am until 12 pm, at the Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, in the Departmental 
Auditorium.

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 July 28, 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, DC 20210, telephone: (202) 219-4526, Ext. 
102.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of July, 1995.
Susan King,
Executive Director Commission on Leave.
[FR Doc. 95-17206 Filed 7-12-95; 8:45 am]
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