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• The National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 110-181) expanded the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to include a new use for leave:
Issues Arising from a Call to Active Duty This provision allows employees to take FMLA leave “because of any qualifying exigency (as the Secretary of Labor shall, by regulation, determine) arising out of the fact that the spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee is on active duty (or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty) in the Armed Forces in support of a contingency operation.”
What types of issues related to a family member’s call to active duty have employees sought leave for?
9%
16%
21%
24%
34%
45%
78%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Attending counseling
Legal arrangements
Attending to affairs caused by the missing statusor death of the service member
Financial arrangements
Attending official ceremonies
Child care arrangements
Attending to farewell or arrival of the servicemember
Note: HR professionals who responded “N/A – no leave have been sought by employees related to family member’s call to active duty” were excluded from this analysis. Percentages do not total 100% due to multiple response options.
In your opinion, should the following events, that may also impact the general workforce, be given special consideration for employees who have a member of their family in active duty and therefore fall under the “qualifying exigency” clause of the military FMLA leave?
75%
50%
39%44%
27%
41%
25%
50%
61%56%
73%
59%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Attendingcounseling, n =
329
Child carearrangements,
n=319
Financialarrangements,
n=306
Legalarrangements,
n=306
Picking upchildren fromschool, n=298
Providingemotional
support to therest of the
family, n=276
Yes No
Note: HR professionals who responded “not sure” were excluded from this analysis.