FMLA LEAVE & INTERMITTENT LEAVE
What is FMLA Leave?
The Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) allows eligible employees to take unpaid, job-protected leave with continuation of group health insurance coverage for up to 12 workweeks in a 12-month period for the following reasons:
- The birth and care of a newborn child;
- The placement of a child for adoption or foster care;
- Serious health condition of the employee or the employee’s spouse, child, or parent; or
- Qualifying exigencies arising out of a covered military member’s covered active duty status.
Who is eligible for FMLA Leave?
Eligible employees are those who:
- Work for an employer who employees 50 or more employees;
- Have worked for the employer for at least 12 months;
- Worked at least 1,250 hours for the employer during the 12 months prior to taking leave; and
- Work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles.
How can you take FMLA leave?
FMLA leave can be taken the following ways:
- In a continuous block of time (i.e. an employee takes 4 weeks of FMLA leave to care for her newborn child); or
- Intermittent or Reduced Leave Schedule
What is Intermittent Leave or Reduced Leave Schedule?
Intermittent leave is FMLA leave taken in separate blocks of time due to a single qualifying reason. A reduced leave schedule, on the other hand, is a reduction in the employee’s usual number of hours per workweek or workday. Often times, with a reduced leave schedule, the employee’s schedule changes from full-time to part-time.
For an employee to be eligible for intermittent leave or leave on a reduced leave schedule, the leave must be taken because of a serious health condition or to care for the serious health condition of a spouse, parent, or child. In essence, there must be a medical need for the leave that can be best accommodated through intermittent leave or a reduced leave schedule.
If intermittent leave or leave on a reduced leave schedule is requested after the birth or placement of a health child, the employer must agree to such leave.
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