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If you or a family member needs time to care for themselves or a family member during a serious illness, FMLA helps protect those workers from losing their jobs. Employers that have 50 or more employees must allow their workers at least 12 weeks of unpaid leave for a family member who is seriously ill or for medical leave when the employee is unable to work due to a serious health condition. A family member is defined as a worker's spous, parent, or child. This would not apply to an in-law or grandparent though. If your employer is not covered by ADA or FMLA because of too few employees and you feel your are being discriminated against and not given accomodations to perform your job, contact the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission office or call (717)787-4410 or go to U.S Department of Labor and call 1-866-487-2365. You must have worked for the company at least 1250 hours over the previous 12 months and you can actually do intermittant leave if it accomodates your needs so that for example if you have treatment on Thursdays and your need Fridays as well to recover but could work Monday through Wednesday then that would be considered intermittant. You always will be given full health benefits during your leave and will be coming back to your current job or the equivalent to it with the same salary and benefits. If this is something you need to look into, contact your Human Resource department and explore what options there are to meet your needs. Making it a great day. S
Disclaimer: This website is for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of any medical institution.
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AuthorMy name is Sue Kilburn and I am a clinical nurse breast cancer educator at the Yolanda G. Barco Oncology Institute in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Archives
March 2015
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