Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

31040.4.3.7 Family and Medical Leave Act

• The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is federal law that grants eligible employees, with more than 12 months and 1,250 hours (during the preceding 12-month period) of service with an employer, a right to take up to 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in any 12-month period for medical leave related to a serious health condition; as well as to care for a family member who has a serious health condition; or bonding after the birth of a child, adoption, or foster care placement.

• Unpaid, job-protected leave of up to 12 work weeks also may be granted to assist a family member who is called to active duty, or is stationed overseas, during military service. Additionally, up to 26 work weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave may be granted to care for a family member who has been injured in the military.