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Through the , covered employers are required to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to eligible employees for specified family and medical reasons.

To be eligible to use FMLA, employees must have worked a period of 12 months and 1250 hours with their employer during the year preceding the start of the leave. FMLA may be used continuously, intermittently and/or as a reduced schedule. Although FMLA is an unpaid job-protected leave, it runs concurrently with available paid leave, short-term and long-term disability, and worker's compensation.

Qualifying for FMLA

Qualifying reasons for FMLA leave include, but are not limited to:

• Birth of the employee's child and care for that child.
• Placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care.
• To care for a spouse, child or parent who has a serious health condition.
• For treatment of a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the functions of his or her job.

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To Apply

Employees can apply for leave under FMLA by submitting the following forms:

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Military Family Leave

FMLA also provides job-protected leave from work for certain military family leave reasons. Eligible employees are entitled to:

• Up to 12 weeks of leave because of any qualifying exigency.
• Up to 26 weeks of leave in a single 12-month period to care for a covered service member.

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FMLA Resources

• UTSA FMLA Forms
• FMLA Calculation for 番茄社区
• UTSA HOP 4.20: Authorized Leave