Impact of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 on the Transit Industry

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program Legal Research Digest 15: Impact of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 on the Transit Industry presents information collected from transit agencies and gives the researchers' analyses of the perceived legal issues concerning the requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.

The report should be helpful to attorneys, administrators, human resources officials, labor specialists, managers, and supervisors. It is organized as follows:
(I) Introduction;
(II) Understanding What the Law Requires;
(III) Survey Results;
(IV) Defining "Serious Medical Condition": A Process Rather Than a Specific Disease;
(V) Recordkeeping Requirements;
(VI) Relationship to Other Laws;
(VII) Conclusions;
Appendix A - Survey on the Impact of the Family and Medical Leave Act on Transit Agencies;
Appendix B - Comments from Agencies Regarding Problems Encountered in Implementing the FMLA; and
Appendix C - Future Legislation.