Key to remember:
DOL releases latest FMLA forms and notices
09/10/2026
Employers may still use the old forms
The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires employers to give employees certain notices regarding their eligibility to take job-protected leave and whether they’ll count an absence as FMLA leave. Employers may also ask employees to give them a certification supporting the need for leave for most situations.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has models of these notices and forms, and they had an expiration date of 6/30/26. Recently, the DOL released the latest versions of those notices and forms, with a new expiration date of 8/31/29.
The forms don’t really expire. The date is an internal government check-and-balance date. The DOL has to review the documents every 3 years, even if they make no changes, and it appears this time around no changes were made.
The DOL published its latest FMLA notices and forms, but employers may continue to use the ones with the 6/30/26 expiration date.
This article was written by Darlene M. Clabault, SHRM-CP, PHR, CLMS, of J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. The content of these news items, in whole or in part, MAY NOT be copied into any other uses without consulting the originator of the content.
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