The regulatory updates include:
• Families of eligible veterans are entitled to the same FMLA-protected leave available to families of military service members. In addition, leave is available to more military families for activities related to deployment of a current service member.
• A modification to how the FMLA applies to airline personnel and flight crews, due to the unique way their hours are counted. The final rule explains how to calculate the required number of hours airline employees must work in a 12-month period to be eligible for FMLA leave.
Q: When does this take effect?
A: March 8th, 2013
Q: Which companies must comply?
A: The new rule affects employers with 50 or more employees and all public employers. These businesses are legally required to update their posters by the compliance deadline.
Q: What are the penalties for noncompliance?
A: There is no specific fine attached to this posting. However, noncompliance could be treated as an “unfair labor practice.” As such, failure to post could be used as damaging evidence in an employee lawsuit or labor investigation.
Q: Are there any other posting requirements?
A: Yes. If your company typically posts company rules and policies on an intranet or an Internet site, you are required to display the NLRA notice there as well. We will be providing all customers with a link to download a free PDF if needed. In addition, the notice must be posted in other languages if 20 percent or more of your workforce is not proficient in English. We will have a Spanish version of the new notice on the Spanish federal poster. We also can create the poster in other languages if there’s a significant demand.
Q: Since this is an additional
poster,
will there be a price
increase?