What is an employee entitled to under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993?
(1) The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 USC 2601 et seq) and its implementing rules, 29 CFR Part 825, and additional amendments and subsequent regulations provide that an eligible employee must be granted, during a twelve-month period, a total of twelve work weeks of absence: (a) As a result of the employee’s serious health condition; (b) To care for an employee’s parent, spouse, or minor/dependent child who has a serious health condition; (c) For the birth of and to provide care to an employee’s newborn, adopted or foster child as provided in WAC 357-31-460; and/or (d) Due to a qualifying exigency (as described in the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and its amendments (29 USC 2601 et seq) and its implementing rules, 29 CFR Part 825) arising from the fact that the employee’s spouse, child of any age, or parent is on active duty or has been notified of pending call to active duty in the armed forces in support of a contingency operation. (i) This subsection only applies if
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