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Policy committee keeps FMLA language intact, adds staff guidance for married employees
Summary
The Wallingford School District policy committee agreed to retain the existing FMLA policy language per counsel but will add a sentence encouraging employees and spouses to consult the personnel office about their individual leave options; the revised draft will be brought to the instructional meeting for a second read.
The Wallingford School District policy committee reviewed revisions to policy 4152.6, which implements Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provisions for district staff, and agreed to preserve the current statutory language while adding clarifying guidance.
Latour, who presented the changes, said the committee added both the federal and state definitions of "spouse" to the policy and that district counsel recommended keeping the paragraph structure intact while using bold type to clarify eligibility for two employees in one household. "Our legal counsel felt that maybe if we bolded…
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