The Family And Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

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The Family and Medical Leave Act The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 allows employees who are eligible to take an unpaid leave of absence up to 12 weeks each year from a covered employer for medical conditions that prevent them from performing their job duties or to care for a family member with a health condition (FMLA, n.d.). FMLA allows for prenatal complications, the birth of a child and the adoption or fostering of a child. For an employee to be eligible they must work for the employer at least 12 months and have at least 1,250 hours of work during that previous time (FMLA, n.d.). A private sector employer that employs 50 or more employees within 75 miles of the worksite is a covered employer (FMLA, n.d.). The covered

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