Duties
29 U.S.C. § 2632
in effectThe Commission shall—
(1) conduct a comprehensive study of—(A) existing and proposed mandatory and voluntary policies relating to family and temporary medical leave, including policies provided by employers not covered under this Act; (B) the potential costs, benefits, and impact on productivity, job creation and business growth of such policies on employers and employees; (C) possible differences in costs, benefits, and impact on productivity, job creation and business growth of such policies on employers based on business type and size; (D) the impact of family and medical leave policies on the availability of employee benefits provided by employers, including employers not covered under this Act; (E) alternate and equivalent State enforcement of subchapter I with respect to employees described in section 2618(a) of this title; (F) methods used by employers to reduce administrative costs of implementing family and medical leave policies; (G) the ability of the employers to recover, under section 2614(c)(2) of this title, the premiums described in such section; and (H) the impact on employers and employees of policies that provide temporary wage replacement during periods of family and medical leave.
(2) not later than 2 years after the date on which the Commission first meets, prepare and submit, to the appropriate Committees of Congress, a report concerning the subjects listed in paragraph (1).
Source: OLRC USLMURL: https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/95/xml_usc29@119-95.zipFetched: 6/4/2026
