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p; If two employees are married and work for the same company, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) lets their employer cap their combined leave at 12 weeks. A new bill in Congress proposes to eliminate that restricti
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. TL;DR: A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House—called the FAIR Leave Act—would amend the FMLA by eliminating a provision that limits the total amount of leave available to spouses working for the same employer. If enacted, the change would allow each eligible spouse to take the full 12 weeks of FMLA leave for certain qualifyi
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32; Read the bill