Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

It is a federal law in the United States that requires covered employers to provide employees with job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. These reasons may 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 FMLA applies to employers with 50 or more employees within a 75-mile radius and to employees who have worked for the employer for at least 12 months and have worked at least 1,250 hours in the previous 12 months.