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The Family & Medical Leave Act (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鈥檚 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鈥檚 spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a covered military member on 鈥渃overed active duty;鈥� 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鈥檚 spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin (military caregiver leave).

To be eligible for FMLA, you must have worked for 麻豆官网首页入口 for a total of 12 months and have worked at least 1,250 hours in the previous 12 months.

Intermittent Leave

Leave for one's own serious health condition, or for the care of a family member with a serious health condition, may be taken on a continuous basis- or on an intermittent basis in increments as small as one hour- if medically indicated. Intermittent leave may include leave periods of an hour or more, up to several weeks.