Employment Standards Administration February 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service
Document Number: 2012-4147
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-02-24
Agency: Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor
This document extends the period for filing written comments for an additional 14 days on the proposed revisions to the Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service published on December 27, 2011. The Department of Labor (Department) is taking this action in order to provide interested parties additional time to submit comments.
Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States
Document Number: 2012-3058
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-02-21
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration
The Department of Labor (the Department) is amending its regulations governing the certification of the employment of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal non-agricultural employment and the enforcement of the obligations applicable to employers of such nonimmigrant workers. This Final Rule revises the process by which employers obtain a temporary labor certification from the Department for use in petitioning the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to employ a nonimmigrant worker in H-2B status. We have also created new regulations to provide for increased worker protections for both United States (U.S.) and foreign workers.
The Family and Medical Leave Act
Document Number: 2012-2311
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-02-15
Agency: Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division proposes to revise certain regulations of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA or the Act), primarily to implement recent statutory amendments to the Act. This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposes regulations to implement amendments to the military leave provisions of the FMLA made by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, which extends the availability of FMLA leave to family members of members of the Regular Armed Forces for qualifying exigencies arising out of the servicemember's deployment; defines those deployments covered under these provisions; and extends FMLA military caregiver leave to family members of certain veterans with serious injuries or illnesses. This NPRM also proposes to amend the regulations to implement the Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act, which established new FMLA leave eligibility requirements for airline flight crewmembers and flight attendants. In addition, the proposal includes changes concerning the calculation of leave; reorganization of certain sections to enhance clarity; the removal of the forms from the regulations; and technical corrections of inadvertent drafting errors in the current regulations.
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