The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Describe the family and medical leave act, identify eligibility and protections, and learn notice, medical certification, and special rules for flight crew and military families.

Explore how the family and medical leave act provides 12 weeks of job-protected unpaid leave for a serious illness, with eligibility tied to employer size and spouse, child, or parent.

Identify when fmla applies to care for a spouse, child, or parent with a serious condition or for your own health, including 12 weeks and 26 weeks military caregiver provisions.

Learn how to request fmla with 30 days' notice; if less, your employer must notify eligibility in five business days, and you may indicate fmla protection without disclosing a diagnosis.

Learn how employers request and process medical certifications under FMLA, including timelines, required content, incomplete certifications, recertification rules, and fitness-for-duty considerations.

Learn how the fmla requires employers to reinstate employees returning from leave to the same or equivalent job, with same duties, pay, benefits, and schedule at the same location.

Post the FMLA notice and provide FMLA information in handbook or to new hires, then notify employees of eligibility, rights and responsibilities, and the amount of leave deducted as FMLA.

Learn how employers issue eligibility notices within five business days of an FMLA qualifying leave and provide designation notices outlining rights, responsibilities, and leave options.

Understand the FMLA employee notice requirements, including verbal or written notices for qualifying reasons, with 30 days advance notice for foreseeable leave and prompt notice for unforeseeable leave.

Learn about FMLA protections, including continuation of group health insurance, substitution of accrued paid leave, and restoration rules for key employees.

Airline flight crew employees face FMLA rules for eligibility, hours of service, leave calculations, and record keeping, with a 72-day entitlement and up to 156 days for military caregiver leave.

This lesson covers the military family leave under the FMLA, enabling eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks for deployment-related qualifying events and care for a service member.

Describe military caregiver leave under fmla, granting 26 weeks in a 12-month unpaid period to care for service member with a serious injury or illness, and define next of kin.