Congress should help employers deal with Family and Medical Leave Act administrative problems while it is trying to improve benefits for military families.
Christine Vion-Gillespie, an employee relations manager who belongs to the Society for Human Resource Management, Alexandria, Va., delivered that message today during a House Education and Labor Committee hearing on family military leave benefits.
“Employees called to active duty, along with their families, face difficult and unique challenges that need to be addressed,” Vion-Gillespie said.
The SHRM has offered to work with Congress to create leave policies that will help relatives of military personnel, and the employers of and caregivers for injured military personnel.