Comments to the DOL will likely be important to all federal employers and employees. The DOL's FMLA regulations were the foundation for the FMLA regulations issued by OPM and for congressional employees. Changes to the DOL regulations will likely result in a review of the other federal sector versions of the FMLA leading, possibly, to changes in the OPM and other FMLA regulations. Even if you think you are not directly affected by changes in the DOL FMLA regulations (an assumption, by the way, that is probably incorrect), you will at least want to monitor developments in this area very closely.