If you have questions about the Family Medical Leave Act, please call us at 866-571-5010 or 212-571-2000 or click here to tell us about your situation.
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that allows an employee to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave due to illness or to care for a sick family member. The FMLA ensures that you are able to take extended leaves of absence from work to due to illness or to care for a sick family member.
Some of the protections afforded by the FMLA are listed below:
- Covered employers must grant an eligible employee up to a total of 12 weeks worth of unpaid leave during any 12-month period to care for yourself or an immediate family member (spouse, child or parent) with a serious health condition. The Act also covers child birth.
- At the end of the leave, when the employee returns to work, the employee must be restored to the same position. If that same position is unavailable, the employer must provide the worker with a position that is substantially equal in pay, benefits and responsibility.
- The employee's benefits are protected in that they are to continue even while the employee is on leave. And upon returning to work, an employee is entitled to reinstatement to all benefits that the employee was receiving before going on leave.
- Protection of the employee to not have their rights under the Act denied or interfered with by an employer is granted by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
- An employee is protected from retaliation by an employer for exercising his or her rights granted under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Common FMLA violations include retaliation for taking family medical leave or the unlawful denial of family medical leave.
If you believe that your rights under the FMLA are being violated, please call us at 866-571-5010 or 212-571-2000 or click here to fill out an online case evaluation form.
Please see below for more information about The Family and Medical Leave Act.