Overview of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

The federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 28 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., applies to most employers with fifty or more employees. The FMLA requires covered employers to grant up to twelve weeks of family and medical leave each year to eligible employees.

The AFT-Maine office is now located at:

16 Winthrop Street

P.O. Box 1007

Augusta, Maine 04332-1007

Phone: 207 / 621-2854

aft.maine@gmail.com

The Maine State Board of Education Select Panel on Revisioning Education in Maine released their report on September 28, 2006.  The 90 page report calls for sweeping changes in public education, including a longer school year, higher salaries and merit pay for teachers, larger school districts and an end to construction of schools too small to be cost effective.