§ 2632. Duties

The 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).