On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed the 2009 Defense Authorization
Bill (Pub. L. 110-181) into law, which expands the Family and Medical
Leave Act of 1993 to assist military members and their families. This
expansion of the FMLA, the first changes to the law in the nearly 15 years
since it was enacted, is likely to have a significant impact on employers
covered by the FMLA as the military continues to deploy significant
numbers of its men and women overseas, resulting in continuing casualties
abroad and putting increasing stress on families of those service members
at home.
