FMLA
Job-protected family leave
FMLA is the Family and Medical Leave Act, a U.S. federal law requiring covered employers to provide unpaid, job-protected leave for certain family and medical reasons—childbirth, adoption, serious illness, or caring for a family member.
Eligible employees can take up to twelve weeks annually: She's on FMLA leave after having the baby.
The law protects workers' positions but doesn't guarantee paid time off.
Attestation of qualification
- recertificationRenewing official qualification status
- healthcare providerMedical treatment source
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- denialRefusal to accept reality
request · paperwork · HR · human resources · return to work · reinstatement
Safeguards against unjust firing
- health insuranceProtection against medical costs
- reinstatementReturn to previous position
- employee rightsLegal safeguards for workers
- HR departmentStaff management division
Statute from central government
- employment lawStatutes governing workplace relations
- labor lawRules governing work conditions
- statuteEnacted written rule
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
Department of Labor · 1993 · Clinton · worker protection · job protection · enforcement · compliance · recordkeeping
Legal family formation
- foster careSupervised substitute parenting
- incapacityLack of ability
- chronic conditionPersistent medical state
Limited work schedule
- full-timeComplete weekly hours
- hours workedDuration of employment activity
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- private sectorEconomy outside government control
certification
Attestation of qualification
- recertificationRenewing official qualification status
- healthcare providerMedical treatment source
- approvalFavorable opinion given
denial · request · paperwork · HR · human resources · return to work · reinstatement
job protection
Safeguards against unjust firing
- health insuranceProtection against medical costs
- reinstatementReturn to previous position
- employee rightsLegal safeguards for workers
federal law
Statute from central government
- employment lawStatutes governing workplace relations
- labor lawRules governing work conditions
- statuteEnacted written rule
regulation · Department of Labor · 1993 · Clinton · worker protection · job protection · enforcement · compliance · recordkeeping · violations
adoption
Legal family formation
- foster careSupervised substitute parenting
- incapacityLack of ability
- chronic conditionPersistent medical state
part-time
Limited work schedule
- full-timeComplete weekly hours
- hours workedDuration of employment activity
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- benefitsadvantage, healthcare coverage, dental insurance, benefit, health screening
- leavevacation, vacation days, PTO, time off, paid time off
- time offvacation, holiday, weekend, break, rest
- work leavevacation days, personal days, jury duty, short-term disability, long-term disability
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
- employer dutiespayroll, payroll taxes, tax withholding, W-2 forms, 1099 forms
FMLApaid leave
Absence with continued wages
paid time off · paid family leave · PTO · disability insurance · short-term disability
Job without guaranteed duration