Family and Medical Leave Act

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires employers to grant an eligible employee up to 12 workweeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period for one or more of the following reasons:

• birth and care of a newborn child
• adoption of a child
• a serious health condition that prevents the employee from working
• caring for an immediate family member (spouse, child, or parent) with a serious health condition

The FMLA also requires that the employee's job be there when he or she returns from FMLA leave.

The FMLA only applies to companies employing more than 50 people who work within a 75-mile radius of each other. In order to be eligible for FMLA leave, you must have worked for the employer for at least 12 months and must have worked at least 1250 hours within the 12 months prior to taking the leave.

Mehlman TerBeek LLP can advise you about your rights under the FMLA or represent you in a court case involving family or medical leave. Call our office at 925-935-3575 for more information.