Family and Medical Leave Act
What's new
As of July 20, 2009, we have added
the FMLA statutes and regulations to our site.
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Browse or search FMLA statutes
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Browse or search FMLA regulations
Quick facts about the FMLA
Certain employees may be entitled to
up to twelve (12) weeks of unpaid family or medical leave each
year. Employees who have family members in the Armed Forces on
active duty may
be entitled to family leave of up to twenty-six (26) weeks.
The FMLA only covers employees who
have worked at least 1,250 hours in the previous twelve months
and only applies to employers who have 50 or more employees
within 75 miles of the employee's worksite.
In order to qualify for medical
leave, the employee must have a serious health condition.
With respect to family leave, that
leave can be taken for various reasons:
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Birth of child (if purpose of
leave is to care for the child)
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Adoption of child or placement
of child with employee for foster care
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In order to care for spouse,
child or parent who has a serious health condition
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Because of any qualifying
exigency arising out of the fact that the spouse, child or
parent is on active duty (or has been notified of an
impending call or order to active duty) in the Armed Forces
in support of a contingency operation.
Researching the FMLA at Garland's
Digest
At present, Garland's Digest is in
the process of writing a treatise on the FMLA that will be
placed online. For now, the best means of researching the FMLA
is to view the FMLA statutes and regulations that are contained
on this site:
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Browse or search FMLA statutes
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Browse or search FMLA regulations
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