Do employees abuse the Family and Medical Leave Act?

From: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | Date: March 1, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Philip Walzer

Mar. 1--NORFOLK -- When the Family and Medical Leave Act was signed into law in 1993, it was heralded as a welcome cushion to give extended time to new mothers and others caring for close relatives.

Since then, however, businesses have voiced frustration about the other beneficiaries of the federal law: workers who take "intermittent leave" for "chronic conditions" that range from diabetes to insomnia.

"My experience has been, employers want to get it right and want to allow leaves," said Timothy McConville, an employment lawyer with the Norfolk ...

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