29 U.S.C. § 2632

(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.