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FMLA turns 20, agency says law is working
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The federal Family and Medical Leave Act turns 20 this year, and the U.S. Labor Department is marking the anniversary by releasing a survey that shows the law helps both companies and employees.
President Bill Clinton signed the FLMA into law in 1993. The act provides eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave a year for the birth or adoption of a child or for personal or family medical...