DOL's Wage and Hour Division published FMLA Guide for Employees

Source: WHD News Release

The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has published "Need Time? The Employee's Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act." The booklet is designed to answer questions such as who can take qualifying leave and what protections the law provides.

The FMLA currently provides eligible employees of covered employers 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in a 12-month period: for the birth and care of a newborn child of the employee; for the placement with the employee of a son or daughter for adoption or foster care; to care for a spouse, son, daughter or parent with a serious health condition; for a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of his or her job; and for qualifying exigencies arising out of the fact that the employee's spouse, son, daughter or parent is a covered military member on "active duty." Up to 26 workweeks of leave may be taken 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).

Read the publication "Need Time?  The Employee's Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act"


Read the WHD News Release

This information is intended to be educational and should not be considered legal advice on any specific matter.