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The technical report of the 2012 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) surveys, presenting findings, including comparisons between worksites covered and not covered by FMLA, between employees eligible and ineligible for FMLA, and over time.

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Research Gaps

• In retrospect, the gap between these two sets of surveys was probably too long. Planning for another set of surveys towards the end of the decade seems appropriate. In as much as there is interest in further disaggregation of the data (e.g., of the Worksite Survey by industry, or of the Employee Survey by policy groups of particular interest), much larger samples would be needed. Qualitative field work with worksites and employees might be insightful for better understanding worksite-employee interactions in the use and implementation of the FMLA. Second, it would be valuable to do additional comparative analyses of data from the 1995, 2000 and 2012 surveys, comparing covered to uncovered worksites and eligible to ineligible employees. We have not directly addressed issues of causation. Those issues of causation are worthy of further study, but would require very different methods and possibly different data. (pages 162-163)

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Klerman, J. A., Daley, K., Pozniak, A. (2012). Abt Associates. Family and Medical Leave in 2012: Technical Report. Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor.

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The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) sponsors independent evaluations and research, primarily conducted by external, third-party contractors in accordance with the Department of Labor Evaluation Policy and CEO’s research development process.