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Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid).
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- Source: Family and Medical Leave Act - U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons and requires continuation of their group health benefits under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave. … For eligible employees, up to 12 workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for any of the following qualifying reasons: … An eligible employee who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness may take up to 26 workweeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for the servicemember. … Private-sector employers who employ 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in either the current calendar year or the previous calendar year, Public agencies (including federal, state, and local government employers), regardless of the number of employees, and … Work for a covered employer for at least 12 months, Have at least 1,250 hours of service with the employer during the 12 months before their FMLA leave starts, and Work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles.
Snapshot of the source as Juriset fetched it on - Supporting source: 29 CFR Part 825 - The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, § 825.200(b)
An employer is permitted to choose any one of the following methods for determining the 12-month period in which the 12 weeks of leave entitlement described in paragraph (a) of this section occurs: (1) The calendar year; (2) Any fixed 12-month leave year, such as a fiscal year, a year required by State law, or a year starting on an employee's anniversary date; (3) The 12-month period measured forward from the date any employee's first FMLA leave under paragraph (a) begins; or, (4) A “rolling” 12-month period measured backward from the date an employee uses any FMLA leave as described in paragraph (a).
Snapshot of the source as Juriset fetched it on - Supporting source: 29 U.S.C. 2612 - Leave requirement, §2612(a)(1)
an eligible employee shall be entitled to a total of 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period for one or more of the following:
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