Tight certification: Your best hope as Congress takes up paid FMLA leave bill

摘要

If you haven't tightened up your FMLA certification procedures yet, here's another good reason to do so: Congress may be cooking up big new FMLA costs for you. The senator who first pushed the legislation that eventually gave birth to the FMLA is at it again. Senator Chris Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, is now introducing a bill that would make you pay workers for six of their 12 weeks of FMLA leave.