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Workers in the United States currently are not guaranteed a single paid day off by federal law, and many aren’t even entitled to unpaid time. The Center for American Progress presents a series of fact sheets explaining the three major types of laws that give workers rights in relation to workplace leave. This fact sheet addresses unpaid family and medical leave.

Unpaid family and medical leave is time off work, including relevant employment protections, without being guaranteed the right to be paid during that time. Covered needs include:

• Medical leave, which covers needs in connection with a worker’s own serious health condition. This could include time off for chemotherapy, recovery from surgery, or prenatal care.
• Family leave, which can include:
  • Parental leave for bonding with a new child. Parental leave can include parents of any gender, as well as foster and adoptive parents. Parental leave may also be referred to as maternity leave, paternity leave, or bonding leave.
  • Caregiving leave for caring for a loved one with a serious health condition.
  • Deployment-related leave to meet needs in connection with a loved one’s current or impending active-duty military service, such as making legal or financial arrangements, attending official military events, or being with a loved on a short-term rest and recuperation leave.

Defining ‘serious health condition’

Under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, a serious health condition is an illness, injury,...

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