Family and Medical Leave Act (Exact Federal Language Clause Samples

Family and Medical Leave Act (Exact Federal Language. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides for up to 12 weeks leave for birth/adoption of a child, a serious health condition experienced by you or a member of your immediate family, or for qualifying exigencies of a spouse, qualifying domestic partner, child or parent being on active duty or having been notified of an impending call or order to active duty in the Armed Forces during a war or national emergency. FMLA provides for 26 weeks leave to care for a spouse, qualifying domestic partner, child, and parent or nearest blood relative who has suffered a serious injury or illness while on active duty in the Armed Forces. When an employee has missed eleven (11) consecutive days or periodic days all related to the same illness, the absence is calculated as part of the allowance of the Family and Medical Leave Act and will be retroactively counted to the first day of absence. Appendix J is provided as current FMLA allowances. Any changes in federal legislation to the Appendix J will supercede the language contained herein.