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Article: The interesting provisions of FMLA.(Liability and the lab)(Family and Medical Leave Act)
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- Medical Laboratory Observer
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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Q We have an employee who is pregnant and is planning on taking time off to care for her baby. She has accumulated over a month of sick leave and vacation time, and wants to use that for her post-partum leave. The Human Resources (HR) director is telling her that she must take unpaid leave under the terms of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Can this possibly be correct?
A The Family and Medical Leave Act provides that covered employers (those with more than 50 employees) must allow eligible employees (those who have worked for at least 12 months and 1,250 hours) up to 12 weeks a year of unpaid leave for certain medical and family situations, including the ...