What are the New Military Family Leave entitlements?
The new amendments to the FMLA now grant additional leave to eligible employees who have covered family members in the military. Two categories have been introduced: 1) Military caregiver leave, allowing eligible employees who are the spouse, parent, child or next of kin of a service member who suffered a serious injury or illness on active duty to be able to take 26 work weeks of leave in a single 12 month rolling period to care for the service member. 2) Qualifying exigency leave, allowing eligible employees who have a spouse, parent or child as a Reservist or National Guard member and the service member has been called to active duty, to take up to 12 work weeks for a “qualifying exigency” as defined by the amendments.
