If you are eligible to take FMLA leave (see Question 3), you can take up to. 12 weeks of leave during any 12-month period. If your family member is a wounded servicemember, you may be eligible. for up to 26 weeks of leave during any 12-month period.
http://www.nationalpartnership.org/research-library/work-family/fmla/guide-to-fmla.pdf
For the birth and care of the newborn child of an employee. For placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care. To care for an immediate family member (spouse, child, or parent, but not a parent-in-law) with a serious health condition.
https://www.cancer.org/treatment/finding-and-paying-for-treatment/understanding-financial-and-legal-matters/family-and-medical-leave-act.html
Time taken off work because of any illness, pregnancy, or complications of pregnancy can be counted against the 12 weeks of family and medical leave in a 12-month period. The employer must let the employee know that the pregnancy leave was counted as FMLA. It can.
https://www.cancer.org/treatment/finding-and-paying-for-treatment/understanding-financial-and-legal-matters/family-and-medical-leave-act.html
to be eligible, an employee has to have worked at least 1250 hours within the last 12 months; has to have worked at least 12 months' total time for the employer; and be employed at a facility at which at least 50 employees are employed within a 75-mile radius - due to the 1250-hour requirement, many part-time employees will not be eligible for FMLA ...
http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/efte/family_and_medical_leave_act_fmla_.html
10Q: Would the common flu or a severe cold be covered under the FMLA when an. employee is out for more than three days? 11Q: Are there any illnesses - regardless of an employee being out more than three (3) days or going to see a doctor – that are not considered “a serious health.
http://usfweb2.usf.edu/human-resources/pdfs/attendance-leave/fmla-frequently-asked-questions.pdf
Whether you are unable to work because of your own serious. health condition, or because you need to care for your parent, spouse, or child with a serious health condition, the FMLA. provides unpaid, job-protected leave. Leave may be taken all at. once, or may be taken intermittently as the medical condition. requires.
http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/employeeguide.pdf
If you are eligible for leave under the FMLA (see Question 3), your job will. be protected for up to 12 weeks (in any 12-month period) if you need leave. to address your own medical issues related to pregnancy, childbirth and. recovery (medical leave) or to care for your new baby (family leave).
http://www.nationalpartnership.org/research-library/work-family/fmla/guide-to-fmla.pdf
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) 1  FMLA applies to any public or private employer with 50 or more employees, as well as to all public agencies, and public and private elementary and secondary schools, regardless of number of employees.
http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/efte/family_and_medical_leave_act_fmla_.html
A: FMLA may be granted to an employee for the following reasons:  Adoption of a child or children, birth of a child or children or placement of a foster child or. children.  An employee’s own serious health condition.  Care for an immediate family member (spouse, child under 18 or older than 18 if incapable of.
http://usfweb2.usf.edu/human-resources/pdfs/attendance-leave/fmla-frequently-asked-questions.pdf
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Generally, an employer's duty to allow FMLA leave is separate from an employee's duty to follow company policies regarding notice of absences and use of leave.
http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/efte/family_and_medical_leave_act_fmla_.html
what serious illness counts for fmla
Complications of pregnancy is a serious illness that counts for Family and Medical Leave Act. Complications of pregnancy is count for 