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		<title>USPS Moves Processing of Employees FMLA Requests to Human Resources Center</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/02/usps-moves-processing-of-employees-fmla-requests-to-human-resources-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Human Resources Shared Services Center (HRSSC) began processing Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requests for employees of 23 districts and headquarters July 11. FMLA processing for all other districts nationwide will transition to HRSSC Sept. 10. Employees who need general information regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act can click here. HRSCC staff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APWU Encourages Members to Use DOL Forms For FMLA Leave Requests</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/12/17/apwu-encourages-members-to-use-dol-forms-for-fmla-leave-requests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The APWU is encouraging members to use Department of Labor forms when requesting Family &#38; Medical Leave, while the union pursues a dispute with the Postal Service over employees’ right to use APWU forms or other equivalent documentation. In a Dec. 17, 2010, memo [PDF] to local, state, and national union officers, Mike Morris, director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Seeks Supplier To Conduct All Non-Work Related Medical Exams</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/08/11/usps-seeks-supplier-to-conduct-all-non-work-related-medical-exams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Federal Business Opportunities website: The United States Postal Service (USPS) is pursuing a National Agreement with a Supplier(s) that has or is capable of developing a comprehensive Medical Provider Organization for conducting all non-work related medical examinations for the USPS. Postal Service offices are located in each of the 50 states plus Puerto [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FMLA Leave Expanded to More Parents And Children</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/06/22/fmla-leave-expanded-to-more-parents-and-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor issued the following clarification on the expanded FMLA regulations: Neither the statute nor the regulations restrict the number of parents a child may have under the FMLA.  For example, where a child’s biological parents divorce, and each parent remarries, the child will be the “son or daughter” of both the biological [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADA Considerations Following Exhaustion of FMLA Protected Leave</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/06/03/ada-considerations-following-exhaustion-of-fmla-protected-leave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exhaustion of FMLA protected leave is a common problem in the Postal Service. This legal article makes several good points about ADA considerations: The broadened scope of the ADA increases the likelihood that anyone taking FMLA leave for their own serious health condition may also have an ADA protected disability. As a result, it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New FMLA Rules Increase Time Off To Help Care For Veteran, Active-Duty Relatives</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/01/24/new-fmla-rules-increase-time-off-to-help-care-for-veteran-active-duty-relatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postal employees will have more opportunities to take time off work to help family members who are military service members or veterans under new rules mandated by the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act. The law, signed late last year by President Obama, allows employees to take up to 12 weeks of paid or unpaid leave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOL to Reconsider Bush’s Last-Minute FMLA Changes</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2009/12/10/dol-to-reconsider-bush%e2%80%99s-last-minute-fmla-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2009/12/10/dol-to-reconsider-bush%e2%80%99s-last-minute-fmla-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[APWU News Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced [PDF] Dec. 7 that she is reviewing changes made early this year to regulations governing the Family and Medical Leave Act. The announcement has set off speculation that the Department of Labor will overturn revisions implemented at the very end of the Bush administration. APWU members may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clarification On Use of APWU FMLA Forms</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2009/07/16/clarification-on-use-of-apwu-fmla-forms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From APWU: In response to a letter from the Postal Service stating that the APWU&#8217;s FMLA forms are not equivalent to the Department of Labor&#8217;s FMLA forms, the union has written the Postal Service clarifying our position on the use of the forms. Some managers have interpreted the USPS&#8217;s comments to mean that the APWU&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APWU President Burrus Calls on Labor Department to Reverse Bush FMLA Rules</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2009/06/04/apwu-president-burrus-calls-on-labor-department-to-reverse-bush-fmla-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2009/06/04/apwu-president-burrus-calls-on-labor-department-to-reverse-bush-fmla-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[APWU News APWU President William Burrus has called on U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to rescind the new regulations [PDF] governing the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that were imposed by the Bush Administration just days before the former president left office. The Bush FMLA rules “weakened the law and made it more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill To Reverse Changes To FMLA Implemented In Bush Adminstration Introduced</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2009/05/06/bill-to-reverse-changes-to-fmla-implemented-in-bush-adminstration-introduced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2009/05/06/bill-to-reverse-changes-to-fmla-implemented-in-bush-adminstration-introduced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 16:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[APWU News FMLA Restoration Act Introduced A bill intended to reverse changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act regulations that were implemented just before President Obama took office has been introduced in the U.S. House. The FMLA Restoration Act, introduced on April 29 by Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), would “nullify certain regulations promulgated under the [...]]]></description>
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