The Department of Labor has issued a "poster insert" for employers who are subject to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). This insert addresses the new rights created by the defense authorization law recently signed by President Bush. That law allows eligible employees to use their 12 weeks of FMLA leave for any "qualifying exigency" arising out of a family member's active duty. It also allows employees to take up to 26 weeks of leave in a single 12-month period to care for a family member who sustains a serious illness or injury while on active duty. (For more information on these new provisions, see Family and Medical Leave for Military Family Members.)

All covered employers are required to post information on the FMLA, and the Department of Labor provides a poster that can be used to meet this requirement. The Department of Labor recently released a "poster insert," which employers can hang along with the regular FMLA poster to notify employees of their new rights to military family leave. You can find the new poster insert here.