Employee Family Protection history

In 1985 Representative Patricia Schroeder (D-CO) introduced the Parental and Disability Leave Act, which mandated eighteen weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for new parents, as well as twenty-six weeks of leave to care for a sick child or the employee’s own temporary disability.

For that reason, the bill underwent one final name change in June 1986 to become the Family and Medical Leave Act.

During the rest of the 1992 presidential campaign, Bush sought to draw little attention to his vetoes of the FMLA or his stance on family leave, for he knew that his position would not be well received by many voters.

Today, let’s look at the history of FMLA. The Family and Medical Leave Act guaranteeing employees unpaid time off for family or medical reasons was passed in 1993.

In 2009 the law was amended again to acknowledge that the FMLA has special rules that apply to the way in which eligibility is calculated for airline pilots, flight attendants, and other airline crew members.

Most recently, the 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought widespread health care reform.

As the ACA phases in to full implementation in 2014, EBSA and the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service will continue to work to issue guidance on the law's many provisions.

National Partnership for Women and Families, “Fact Sheet: The Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (The FAMILY Act),” 2015.

In April 2016 San Francisco made history by adopting the first city-wide paid parental leave law in the United States, which will require employers to bear part of the financial responsibility.

California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island have successfully implemented employee-funded paid leave policies for virtually all workers; beginning in 2018, New York will join this list.

2021 Labor Law Poster Updates: A Guide for Every Business New labor law updates go into effect on January 1st, 2021.