FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT

By SovConn | June 17, 2015

Family and Medical Leave Act.A 1993 federal statute providing that employees may take

unpaid, job-protected leave for certain family reasons, as when a family member is sick or when a

child is born.29 USCA §§ 2601 et seq. • The statute applies to businesses with 50 or more

employees. An employee may take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year under the FMLA. —

Abbr. FMLA. Cf. FAMILY LEAVE.[Blacks Law 8th]

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