Source: msnbc.com
The Obama administration has proposed new rules to help military families care for service members when they are called to active duty or become injured.
First lady Michelle Obama and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced the plan, an update to the Family and Medical Leave Act, on Monday.
"Many service members come home stressed, ill or injured," Solis said. "They need attention, care and support from the people that love them the most. And we've got an obligation to help them make that possible."
The act, first passed in 1993 and revised several times since then, entitles workers at covered companies to take unpaid leave for specified family and medical reasons without fear of losing their job.
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