that's what fmla is about. where they live and work and let workers know they have right ands we're here to help them when their rights are violated. across the country the wage and hour division is engaging in stake holders and communication acrosses country and since the enactment, we have held trainings for our indication training with over 1 million participants and connect with underserved communities and last august we partnered with the women's bureau and eeoc and thank some of our friends are here today and thank you so much for coming. wage and hour conceded more than 60,000fmla action. we can face discrimination and we're not restored to their same job or improvement job after their leave and workers that lost health workers and we'll continue every day to help make the promise of fmla the work force and wellbeing of our family. so the impact of fmla over the last 30 years was reflect in the story of workers with exercising rights to take job-protected leave to care for themselves and their families.

fmla enforcement actions. we have health workers who were denied fmla leave, workers unjustly terminated for taking fmla leave, workers who faced discrimination were not restored to their same job or an equivalent job after their leave. and workers who lost their health benefits while on fmla leave. the wage and hour division's mission is to protect and enhance the welfare of the nation's workforce. we will continue every day to help make the promise of fmla a reality for the welfare of our workforce and the well-being of their families. the impact of the fmla over the last 30 years is reflected in the stories of workers who have exercise their rights to take a job protected leave to care for themselves and families. what is more important than being there, showing up for someone they love? you all heard from chris garcia on the video a little while ago. the experience of kris garcia illustrates the profound effect that fmla leave could have on workers and their families. i will tell you a little bit about chr

they are covered by fmla. we have loved ones, we drop everything to help them when they need, they drop everything to help us when we need them, we need to be able to do the same thing. a parent, spouse, a child. we need later. leave is granted under fmla, for over 500 million times since it was enacted. think about that, 500 million times. this time helped families get through his situation. after a difficult situation, when otherwise it would have not had that opportunity. and think about the opportunities given to so many people in america. it shows that this law had and is at was and still is badly needed. it makes a real difference. here we work on the fmla, and jerry brown is a grocery store worker for the. he got seriously ill, and went on leave, and before he could get better, his lawyer fighting -- fought him. so we got in touch with the department of labor. the division in miami investigated and found multiple violations. they were covered over $12,000 in back wages and over $5,000 in medical expense

guest: it is the 30th anniversary of fmla. now is as good of a time as any to build on the momentum to push for something like the family act, which in its recent incarnation for the 12 weeks of paid leave for folks, including men and others. it can be grandkids. i think it is an important moment to advance this in the pandemic. you asked if folks got enough time off in the pandemic. unfortunately, the need for care does not stop. it happens throughout our lives. we all need care. none of us would have gotten to an old hood without care. if we are fortunate enough to age, we are going to need care. a lot of us have chronic health issues. and, often need care. care is fundamental to allowing people to make it to work, to show up at their best at their jobs. i think we have a lot to do to strengthen workers'power relative to their employers. in the united states, it is especially weak. when we talk about things like allowing workers to have flexibility by converting overtime to comp time, the problem is as we see in the private

i am an individual who has fmla. i have chronic illness. on my job we have, you give up one week of o your vacation to y for your fmla days mixed. paid leave would help because sometimes you don't have enough days off left after you give up that one week vacation. you have no free time, no nothing. we are working as a march 7 days a week eight hours a day. we are having problems with trying to live and also keep your chronic illness and you don't have to lose your job. i know it puts a benchmark where the absentee is at. but if you take off too many days, which only allotted 480 hours a year, if you take off more than that, you can be terminated from your job. i don't feel that that's just for anybody else. me personally, due to my chronic illness, the cold is my worst enemy. you speak about women all the time. what about other individuals that are well be on childbearing age that need fmla so they can keep their job and maintain their homes and everything else? could you please answer that? either one of you. >> host: rachel, go ahead trag

it took nine years to pass the fmla.hile congress may look challenging the moment, we are not giving up and will never give up because we know that the public are costs - across the country want paid family and medical leave so we will continue to push for. we came close with build back better but the good thing is we came so close, closer than we have ever been before. we will just keep pressing. >> the president was pushing for 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. some small businesses and conservative think tanks have said a national paid leave program would reduce productivity in the workplace or create a heavy financial burden on businesses that have less than 10 employees. what is your response? >> i would say those are the same criticisms people did here 30 years ago when the fmla was passed. i think the data speaks for itself. what we know is that the fmla has not been a problem. it third of those employers say it has helped with productivity. we know the research speaks otherwise. we also know that there a

guest: it is the 30th anniversary of fmla.d of a time as any to build on the momentum to push for something like the family act, which in its recent incarnation for the 12 weeks of paid leave for folks, including men and others. it can be grandkids. i think it is an important moment to advance this in the pandemic. you asked if folks got enough time off in the pandemic. unfortunately, the need for care does not stop. it happens throughout our lives. we all need care. none of us would have gotten to an old hood without care. if we are fortunate enough to age, we are going to need care. a lot of us have chronic health issues. and, often need care. care is fundamental to allowing people to make it to work, to show up at their best at their jobs. i think we have a lot to do to strengthen workers'power relative to their employers. in the united states, it is especially weak. when we talk about things like allowing workers to have flexibility by converting overtime to comp time, the problem is as we see in the private sector, often,

we estimate over 30 years, more hundred 463 million people have used the fmla. that is simply an astounding number and it speaks to the need that was present 30 years ago and continuing need families face to make sure they can care for loved ones in moments of an emergency. reporter: at the end of the day, is is unpaid leave. what limitations does this law pose for workers, and what specific demographics are uncovered? >> it is unpaid leave, it is job protected. there are workers that can't afford to take time off and the newspaper. we estimate 10 million workers take leave. workers of color are disproportionate. 47% of asian workers, 43% of black workers. workers of color bearing the brunt of those gaps and those are the gas we should fill. reporter: president biden said he will continue to push for paid family and medical leave, efforts to pass that lester failed largely because of joe manchin. he did not support tethering that to e inflation reduction act which was the party-line vote. there is a new bipartisan group trying to pass the paid leave program ahea

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if it goes past a certain amount of hours, it goes into long-term fmla?there an impact on their employment? meaning that are they still on the books or are they put on long-term disability? does that happen? >> all of these things can happen and there's nuances whether it's work related, not related but fmla says they are remain on the books. it is protected leave. there cannot be changes in employment. and disability is a little different. disability has different time limits but you can have injuries that aren't work related that you're able to take leave for. >> yeah. okay. thank you very much. >> thank you! >> thank you, great job. >> thank you. >> at this point, we're going to take public comment and i'm going to take a motion for action. >> or a motion first, whatever you want. >> i'll make a motion. >> second. >> without my instructions. i'm going to make a motion we adopt the -- the 11.13 for use in the bargaining unit and the following instructions to direct -- old version. >> we're going to have a written version soon. >> i'm working on it. foll

former president clinton says the fmla may have been the important thing he did during his presidency after all these years, i still have more people mention the family leave act to me than any other specific things i did. and no one ever talks about what gets all the press coverage, you know, the political process, how long did it take, what went up, what went down. they tell you their story. >> we'll talk more about the story of the economy on social media on facebook. you can join me at scott mcgrew tv. >> thanks, scott. >>> it's 6:46 this morning. who is ready for some giants baseball? okay, you are. spring training is around the corner, but fans can meet their favorite player and the coaches this weekend in san francisco. >> it's always such a great event to kicks things off. "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live with more on the annual event. are you ready, pete? >> reporter: oh, yeah. good morning to you, laura and marcus. it's hard to believe, pitchers and catchers report to spring training for the giants in a matter of weeks. they'll be heading to arizona. you can e

clinton there with president biden marking there with president biden marking the anniversary of the fmlare. i suppose perhaps, it is in a way campaigning. we do know the presidential campaign start very early. stay with us. medics in iran condemn the brutal tactics of security forces —— who often shoot protesters in the face, leaving them with life—changing injuries. a global wave of bird flu — which has killed more than 200 million birds — is spilling over to some mammals, according to research in the uk. animal health officials have detected the disease in otters and foxes. more targeted testing and surveillance is to be carried out — but the risk to humans is described as very low. here�*s claire marshall. more than 200 million birds have died as a result of the worst avian flu outbreak in global history. now the virus is being found in mammals. in the uk in a small number of foxes. they could have eaten infected birds. it�*s also been found in a handful of otters, another animal likely to encounter diseased birds. we were given rare access to the government lab in surrey at the heart

act will add domestic partners, in-laws, grandparents and other significant relationships to the fmla'sdefinition of family and, importantly, this legislation would just be a starting point. while it would expand job protection to millions of workers, it would not resolve one crucial flaw in our safety net -- america is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not have guaranteed paid family leave. i'm going to repeat that. america is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not guarantee paid family leave. that is shameful. and for the millions of work being americans who have or will be caregivers at some point in their life, what are they supposed to do? take on debt, work even more hours? no, we cannot settle for a system that abandons working families about they need it the most. the american people deserve a safety net that prevents this emfrom drowning, a safety net that provides the peace of mind they need to reenter the workforce and offers them the assurance that their government has their back. so let's start. let's pass the caring for all families a