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Article: FMLA rule tweaks help ease concerns; Questions remain over sporadic leave, medical definitions.(News)(Family and Medical Leave Act )
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- Business Insurance
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- January 12, 2009
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Byline: JUDY GREENWALD
WASHINGTON-Recent regulations governing the Family and Medical Leave Act, which take effect this week, will help ease employers' administrative burden in some respects, say observers.
But the regulations fail to substantively address two major issues for employers: the permitted use of frequent, short periods of intermittent leave and the definition of serious medical conditions, according to observers.
"It was a missed opportunity to narrow and clarify things because the two issues that employers struggle with most under the FMLA are the broad definition of serious health conditions and the difficulty of managing ...