How much leave are employees entitled to under FMLA?
The original Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 entitled eligible employees to 12 weeks of leave for certain family and medical reasons during a 12-month period. With the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, employees were provided two new reasons to make leave requests involving servicemembers. Time off to care for an injured or ill servicemember can be up to 26 weeks (or a combination of 26 weeks). Time off to deal with a qualifying exigency as a result of a servicemember being on active duty or getting called up to serve can be up to 12 weeks. For more on FMLA compliance, see J. J. Keller’s FMLA Revealed: Understanding Leave Requirements manual.
The original Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 entitled eligible employees to 12 weeks of leave for certain family and medical reasons during a 12-month period. With the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, employees were provided two new reasons to make leave requests involving servicemembers. Time off to care for an injured or ill servicemember can be up to 26 weeks (or a combination of 26 weeks). Time off to deal with a qualifying exigency as a result of a servicemember being on active duty or getting called up to serve can be up to 12 weeks. For more on FMLA compliance, see J. J. Keller’s FMLA Revealed: Understanding Leave Requirements manual.
