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Am I Covered Under the Family and Medical Leave Act? Attorney Sean Cecil with Edelstein Payne details how employees can be covered by FMLA

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https://raleighworkerscompensation.com Am I Covered Under the Family and Medical Leave Act? Originally Re-Posted by  Sean Cecil   Mar 11, 2015   The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take up to twelve weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in a twelve month period for any of the following reasons:  - Birth of a child and to care for the newborn child within one year of birth;  - Placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care and to care for the newly placed child within one year of placement;  - To care for the employee's spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition; - Employee's own serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform his or her job; - Any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that the employee's spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a covered military member on “covered active duty;” - An employee can qualify for up to twenty-six wor...