Definitions for "Family and Medical Leave Act"
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the 1993 law creating an entitlement to unpaid leave connected with family emergencies and medical situations.
a federal regulation that allows eligible employees to take up to 12 work weeks of unpaid leave during any 12 month period for the serious health condition of the employee, parent, spouse or child, or for pregnancy or care of a newborn child, or for adoption or foster care of a child.
Passed in 1993, the U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act mandates up to 12 weeks of unpaid medical leave for employees of companies with more than 50 employees. Under this act, people can also take leave to care for a sick child, parent, or spouse.
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives you as a Duke University Health System employee a total of 12 weeks (based on a 40 hour week) of unpaid leave during any 12 month period for one or more of the following reasons. The birth and care of your child. The placement of a child with you for adoption or foster care. The care of a family member (a family member is defined as a child, spouse, registered same sex spousal equivalent, or parent). if that person has a serious health condition. Personal serious illness. To be considered a "serious health condition" the condition must require an absence from work, school, or other regular daily activities of more than 3 calendar days. In addition, the condition must require continuing treatment by, or under the supervision of a health care provider. With management approval, you may take FMLA leave and not report to work, or you may work out a schedule of reduced hours at work and take the unused hours as unpaid FMLA leave. You may elect to substitute accrued paid time off for any unpaid leave under the FMLA.
The 1993 Act that allows most employees to take up to twelve (12) weeks of unpaid leave from their job to care for an ill family member.
The regulations of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, at 29 CFR, Part 825, and the Department of Labor regulations providing entitlement to twelve (12) work weeks unpaid leave during a one year period for reasons of the birth and first year care of a child or placement of a child for adoption or foster care, personal illness because of a serious health condition or to care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition.
(FMLA): A federal law that provides certain employees with serious health problems or who need to care for a child or other family member with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. It also requires that group health benefits be maintained during the leave. For more information, contact the U.S. Department of Labor at 1-866-4-USA-DOL.
A federal and DC law that protects an individual's employment when he or she has met certain criteria and takes leave for reasons specified in the statutes.
A federal law that provides job-protected unpaid medical leave for employees who qualify under this law.
A federal law that guarantees up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave for certain employees when they need to take time off due to serious illness, to have or adopt a child, or to care for another family member. When you qualify for leave under FMLA, you can continue coverage under your group health plan.
A federal law requiring employers covered by the act to grant eligible employees up to 12 work weeks of unpaid leave a year for on employee's own serious health condition, to care for certain family members with serious health conditions, or following the birth or adoption of a child; employees returning from such leave are entitled to be restored to their some or similar position.
Federal legislation in the United States that requires companies with 50 or more employees within a 75-mile radius to grant eligible employees an unpaid leave of up to 12 weeks for family and medical emergencies, including childbirth, adoption, and illness of a child, spouse, parent, or the employee.
Federal law establishing a basic floor of 12 weeks of unpaid family and medical leave in any 12-month period to deal with birth or adoption of a child, to care for an immediate family member with a "serious health condition", or to receive care when the employee is unable to work because of his or her own "serious health condition."
Federal law requiring employers with 50 or more employees to provide each employee with 12 weeks of unpaid leave during a year's time for the birth of a child, family health needs or illness.
A federal law that requires employers to provide an employee with 12 weeks of unpaid leave during a year's time for the birth or adoption of a child, family health needs or personal illness. The employer must allow the employee to return to the same position or a position similar to that held before taking the leave. There are exceptions to the FMLA: the most notable is that only employers with 50 or more employees are covered--about half the workforce.
The federal law that requires covered employers to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to eligible employees for certain family and medical reasons. Employees are generally eligible if they have worked for at least 1 year and for 1,250 hours over the previous 12 months.