Changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) required a revised poster to display. The law was changed in 2009, but the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) updated the poster. Several of these changes go into effect on March 8. The new poster reflects changes made by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, which included a broadened definition of veteran to include a veteran discharged within the past five years. Furthermore, the revised poster also notes that the FMLA definitions of “serious injury or illness” for current service members and veterans are distinct from the FMLA definition of “serious health condition.” In addition, it includes a statement about special hours of service eligibility requirements applying to flight crew members per the Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act, which was also enacted in 2009. All covered employers are required to display a poster summarizing major FMLA provisions and telling employees how to file a complaint.
