I would like to poll the companies on this list as to who would be interested in making an organized effort to have our legislators introduce legislation in the next session to modify the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to exempt employers from having to pay into this fund. I don't know of one employer who would ever use this program as we just continue to pay ourselves when we're off for any reason and that paying into this fund is equivalent to taxation with representation or benefit.
If you are interested in participating I can prepare a template letter you can send to your state representatives to encourage them to introduce this in the next session. We don't pay Labor and Industries or Unemployment, why we were included in this program is nonsensical. Please let me know if you are interested in participating in this effort. It's a minimal time effort to forward a template letter to your legislative representatives that you can find on the Washington State legislative website and that's all. Thanks, Forbes Mercy President - Washington Broadband, Inc. _______________________________________________ Washington mailing list Washington@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/washington
