DOL FMLA family-caregiver enforcement resources
The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division maintains caregiver-specific FMLA resources and complaint pathways for workers using job-protected leave to care for family members.
Federal · Active · Implementation Mar 1, 2025
What it is
- What changed
- DOL's Wage and Hour Division maintains family-caregiver FMLA materials that explain job-protected leave for workers caring for family members and route workers to WHD if they have questions or believe their FMLA rights were violated.
- Why it matters
- For working caregivers, FMLA enforcement is the federal backstop for preserving employment while taking unpaid, job-protected time to provide family or military caregiving.
- Who it touches
- Family caregivers, People receiving care, Businesses and agencies that must complyworking family caregivers, employees caring for spouses, employees caring for parents, employees caring for children with serious health conditions, military family caregivers, covered employers
- What it does
- Gives people a right or protection
- Topics
- Paid family leave
- Related programs
- Family and Medical Leave Act
Sources
Last reviewed Jul 4, 2026. This is information, not legal advice; check the source for the current text.