FMLA — "qualifying exigency leave" now available for military families

A provision in the National Defense Authorization Act signed last month by President Obama is good for military families, as Mike Lied explains in the new ISBA Labor and Employment Law newsletter: "Under the NDAA, qualifying 'exigency leave' now allows an eligible employee to take leave for a qualifying exigency related to the deployment of a son/daughter or parent who is a member of a regular component of the armed forces. 'Called to active duty' is no longer limited to contingency operations, but now also applies to a situation in which a member of either the regular or reserve components is deployed to any foreign country." Jasmine Villaflor Hernandez provides more detail in her article in the same issue.