Definitions for "Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993"
Keywords:  fmla, unpaid, serious, ailing, weeks
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 eligible if they have worked for a covered employer for at least one year, and for 1,250 hours over the previous 12 months, and if there are at least 50 employees within 75 miles.
Requires covered employers to allow eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period for the birth or adoption of a child, or for a serious health condition of the employee or family member. FMLA applies to private employers with 50 or more employees for each working day of 20 or more weeks, and applies to all public employers and to private elementary and secondary schools.
Law guaranteeing 12 weeks. unpaid leave to most employees to care for newborn or newly adopted children, or to deal with a serious illness or injury suffered by the employee or an ailing child, spouse, or parent of the employee.