by Christine Kenny. Calculating whether an employee has worked 1,250 hours in the past year to qualify for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) seems like a straightforward enough task.But is it really?y Christine Kenny. Calculating whether an employee has worked 1,250 hours in the past year to qualify for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) seems like a straightforward enough task.
$26.741 billion in annual federal grants and direct payments flowed into Americaâs 106 sanctuary cities (FY2016). On average, the cost of lost federal funding for a family of four residing in one of the 106 sanctuary cities is $1,810 â or $454 per person.
(Photo: Newscom/Reuters/Jonathan Ernst) Senate Democrats blocked legislation that would punish âsanctuary citiesâ in a 54-45 vote Tuesday afternoon. The bill, called the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, needed to overcome a 60-vote threshold. It would withhold certain federal funding from states or cities that refuse to comply with requests from federal immigration officials to turn over immigrants who are in the country illegally.