LEAVE INFORMATION

The FMLA is a federal employment law that provides eligible employees up to 12 weeks of leave in a 12 month period of time in certain situations where they can't work because of their own serious health conditions or because they have to care for a family member with a serious health condition. It also covers things like pregnancy and bonding time after a childbirth or placement of a child.

Eligible employees are entitled to:

Twelve workweeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period for:

1. The birth of a child and to care for the newborn child within one year of birth;

2. 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;

3. To care for the employee’s spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition;

4. A serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of his or her job;

5. Any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that the employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a covered service 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 on Eligibility, Definitions, Usage, Employee's and County's Responsibility; Please refer to our FMLA Policy.

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