The Family and Medical Leave Act entitles eligible employees to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave for specified family and medical reasons, including employees’ own serious health conditions.

With thousands of furloughed federal workers not knowing when they’ll get their next paycheck, people with health issues are facing some tough choices as they try to pay their mounting medical bills.

This document has been updated multiple times since its original publication in June 2021 to reflect newly passed state paid leave programs, new data on state programs, and modified duration and ...

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The United States lacks a federal maternity leave policy, making it the only high-income nation without mandated paid leave for new mothers. While 96 percent of countries provide some form of paid ...

An employee will notify their supervisor and Human Resources of the need to request FMLA leave as soon as possible. If the leave is foreseeable, the employee will give at least 30 days’ advance notice ...

In 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was introduced as a federal law in the United States. It allows qualified employees to take 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave within a 12-month ...