NDAA and the FMLA
When President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) late last year, the rights of military personnel under the Family and Medical Leave Act were expanded to include more categories of military personnel and their families. If you are among the many members of the military stationed in Georgia, your rights may have been expanded by this new law.
Over the past couple of years, Congress has passed several amendments to the FMLA which affect members of the military and their families. Among them were amendments which permit eligible family members of members in the National Guard and Reserves to take leave for some emergencies, and for eligible family members to take up to 26 weeks of leave to care for a member of the regular Armed Forces, National Guard or Reserves with a "serious injury or illness" incurred in the line of duty, and under certain circumstances.
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