The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to
take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical
reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the
same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave.
Eligible employees are entitled to:
- Twelve workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for:
- the birth of a child and to care for the newborn child within one year of birth;
- the
placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care and
to care for the newly placed child within one year of placement;
- to care for the employee’s spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition;
- a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of his or her job;
- any
qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that the employee’s spouse,
son, daughter, or parent is a covered military member on “covered
active duty;” or
- Twenty-six
workweeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for a covered
service member with a serious injury or illness if the eligible
employee is the service member’s spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next
of kin (military caregiver leave).
For more information, below is a link to the US Department of Labor FAQ page for FMLA:
http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/fmla-faqs.htm
Additionally,
the file linked below will also provide you with a great deal of
information related to FMLA and how it can benefit eligible employees.
If
you have any further questions at all about FMLA, please feel free to
contact Betsy Foos or Jerilee DiLalla.