Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA leave, is an important law for both employees and employers in the US to know
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It’s not uncommon to have employees take a lengthy leave to care for themselves or their loved ones. Employees who wish to use this will be using the Family and Medical Leave Act, also known as FMLA leave.
Employers and HR leaders are aware of the employment law’s existence but not everyone fully understands what the act entails. This leads to employees not being fully aware of the leave and its benefits.
In this article, HRD explains the Family and Medical Leave Act, what it covers, and whether the leave can affect future employment. We encourage our usual audience of our professionals to share the information here to their respective workforce to improve the monitoring and communication surrounding FMLA leave.
According to the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL-WHD), the 1993 federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave within every 12-month period in the company. The leave mainly allows employees to take time off work to take care of their own serious health condition or to take care of a family member stricken with a serious health condition.
The federal employment law covers other leave reasons such as:
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