Who is considered an “immediate family member”?
An employee’s spouse, children, and parents are immediate family members for purposes of FMLA. “Parent” does not include a parent “in-law”. “Children” do not include individuals age 18 or over unless they are “incapable of self-care” because of mental or physical disability that limits one or more of the “major life activities” as those terms are defined in regulations issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) under the Americans With Disabilities Act “(ADA”).
