Must I give employees unpaid family and medical leave?

Employer

Private employers with 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in the current or preceding year.

Yes, eligible employees are entitled to job-protected leave.

Grant up to 12 workweeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period for qualifying reasons, keep group health coverage and restore the employee to the same or an equivalent job.

high (statutory_damages)

1. Confirm employee eligibility (12 months and 1,250 hours)
2. Send the eligibility notice
3. Designate the leave as FMLA leave in writing
4. Maintain health benefits during leave

Eligibility notice within 5 business days of the leave request or of learning the leave may qualify.

• 29 U.S.C. 2611(4)
• 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)
• 29 U.S.C. 2617(a)
• 29 CFR 825.300(b)

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