[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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