On July 16, 2020, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL) published new efforts to improve
management of leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
(FMLA).
These developments follow a series of changes to the FMLA since
its enactment in 1993. The DOL issued an initial interim final rule
in 1993, after the FMLA first became law. Final FMLA regulations
followed in 1995. In 2008, following a request for information, the
DOL published significant revisions to the 1995 FMLA regulations.
In 2013, the DOL updated the regulations to "implement
statutory amendments affecting military family leave provisions and
airline flight crew eligibility." The DOL last updated the
regulations in 2015 to update the definition of
"spouse."
