Family and Medical Leave Act

{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002051",
  "term": "Family and Medical Leave Act",
  "field": "Law",
  "definitions": [
    "A federal law, abbreviated FMLA, that provides eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year for specified family and medical reasons. These reasons include the birth or adoption of a child, caring for a spouse, child, or parent with a serious health condition, or the employee's own serious health condition. The Act applies to employers with 50 or more employees.",
    "(1993) A federal law that entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons. These reasons include the birth of a child, adoption, foster care placement, care for a spouse, child, or parent with a serious health condition, or the employee's own serious health condition. The Act guarantees the same or an equivalent job upon return from leave."
  ],
  "abbreviation": "FMLA",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/family-and-medical-leave-act/"
}