The employee must have worked for the employer for at least 12 months and 1,250 hours within the last 12 months. The FMLA mandates unpaid, job-protected leave for up to 12 weeks a year.
schedule. 1  a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage. 2. a series of things to be done or of events to occur at or during a particular time or period:
A supply schedule is a chart or table that tells how many units of something producers will make based on the current market price of a unit. Units is how economists refer to whatever good or service a business actually produces -- lawn mowers, loaves of bread, haircuts, singing telegrams, for example.