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OCR Page 1 of 82Nashville Family Reunion Conference Hosted By Vice President Al Gore, June 24, 1996
PRESIDENT CLINTON ANNOUNCES NEW
FAMILY-FRIENDLY WORKPLACE PROPOSALS:
EXPANDED FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE
EMPLOYEE-CHOICE FLEX-TIME
NEW EXPANSION OF FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE: President Clinton's new proposal would
deepen and expand Family Leave by allowing a worker to take unpaid hours off -- with a maximum of 24
hours a year -- for child education, older relatives' health needs, and routine family medical purposes.
Current Family and Medical Leave Law. The FMLA helps families only with a medical crisis or
special limited care-giving needs, such as a birth or adoption. But working families often have to care
for children or parents in circumstances for which they cannot use Family and Medical Leave.
New Family And Medical Leave Procedures. FMLA expansion would be limited to 24 hours a
year for the following specific purposes:
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. Participating in school activities directly related to the educational
advancement of your child, such as parent-teacher conferences or interviewing for a new school;
ROUTINE FAMILY MEDICAL PURPOSES. Accompanying your child to routine dental or medical
appointments, such as annual checkups or vaccinations;
OLDER RELATIVES' HEALTH NEEDS. Accompanying an elderly relative to routine medical
appointments or other professional services related to the care of the elderly relative, such as
interviewing nursing homes or group homes.
NEW EMPLOYEE-CHOICE FLEX-TIME: President Clinton's new proposal would offer American
workers more choice and flexibility in finding ways both to earn the wages they need to support their families
and still find the time they need to be with them. The President's proposal would:
EMPLOYEE CHOICE. Allows employees to agree with their employers to work overtime in
exchange for paid time-off flex-time -- with a limit of up to 80 hours. An hour of overtime
could thus be used for 1-and-1/2-hours of overtime pay or 1-and-1/2 hours of flex-time.
FLEX-TIME FOR ANY PURPOSE WITH 2 WEEKS NOTICE. Workers could use their earned flex-time
for any reason -- as long as they give their employers 2 weeks notice.
EMPLOYEES CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE PAY OVER FLEX-TIME. Workers would maintain the right to
choose overtime pay, and even if they choose flex-time, they could still cash out any portion of
their flex-time pay with two weeks notice.
FLEX-TIME FOR FAMILY LEAVE. Employees can use their accumulated family flex-time for
family leave purposes at any time.
OPPOSE ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE WORKER CHOICE: In announcing these new family-
workplace proposals, President Clinton made clear that he would oppose any bill that allows for coercion
and uses phrases like "comp-time" as a cover for giving workers less choice in the workplace.
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