The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year.
Eligibility: You must work for an employer with 50+ employees (within 75 miles), have worked there for 12+ months, and have 1,250+ hours in the past year.
Qualifying reasons: Your own serious health condition, caring for a spouse/child/parent with a serious health condition, birth and bonding with a new child, placement for adoption or foster care, and military family leave.
Your rights: Return to the same or equivalent position after leave, continued health insurance, protection from retaliation, and intermittent leave when medically necessary.