Labor Quiz: Family Medical and Leave Act

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The Family and Medical Leave Act was enacted in 1993. Under this law, which of the following statements are incorrect: An alcoholic can miss work because he drank the night before; An employee’s spouse can call the worker’s employer to report an FMLA absence; Spouses working for the same company can each claim 12 weeks off to care for a sick child; If you’re working for a private-sector employer with fewer than 50 employees, you’re not covered by FMLA. Click here and you could be next week's winner of a labor music CD!

Last Week's Quiz: Imperial food processing plant owner Emmett Roe was sentenced to 19 years 11 months in jail for the 25 deaths and 55 injuries suffered by his employees, but released on parole after just 4 years—less than two months in jail per worker death.