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FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT




The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid,
job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation
of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the
employee had not taken leave. Eligible employees are entitled to:

 * Twelve workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for:
   * the birth of a child and to care for the newborn child within one year of
     birth;
   * the placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care and
     to care for the newly placed child within one year of placement;
   * to care for the employee’s spouse, child, or parent who has a serious
     health condition;
   * a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the
     essential functions of his or her job;
   * any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that the employee’s spouse,
     son, daughter, or parent is a covered military member on “covered active
     duty;” or
 * Twenty-six work weeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for a
   covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness if the eligible
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