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The Essential Guide to Family & Medical Leave

The purpose of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is to help employees balance the demands of work and family. But the law can be hard for employers to apply in the real world. Questions about eligibility, coverage, notice and certification requirements, administering leave, continuing benefits, and reinstatement can challenge even the most experienced managers. This book has the plain-English answers to all of your tough questions about the FMLA. It provides detailed information, real-life examples, sample forms, and other tools to help you meet your legal obligations.

The purpose of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is to help employees balance the demands of work and family. But the law can be hard for employers to apply in the real world. Questions about eligibility, coverage, notice and certification requirements, administering leave, continuing benefits, and reinstatement can challenge even the most experienced managers.

This book has the plain-English answers to all of your tough questions about the FMLA. It provides detailed information, real-life examples, sample forms, and other tools to help you meet your legal obligations.

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chapter 4 | leave for a serious health condition | 67<br />

Is It a Serious Health Condition?<br />

Category Requirements Ex<strong>amp</strong>les<br />

Inpatient treatment<br />

Incapacity for more than<br />

3 days and continuing<br />

treatment<br />

Pregnancy/prenatal care<br />

Chronic serious health<br />

conditions<br />

Permanent/long-term<br />

incapacity<br />

Multiple treatments<br />

Overnight stay in a hospital,<br />

hospice, or residential medical<br />

care facility<br />

Incapacity for more than three<br />

days and either:<br />

• at least two visits <strong>to</strong> a health<br />

care provider, or<br />

• one visit <strong>to</strong> a health care<br />

provider and an ongoing<br />

regimen of treatment<br />

Incapacity due <strong>to</strong> pregnancy or<br />

prenatal care<br />

Condition that:<br />

• requires periodic visits for<br />

treatment<br />

• continues over an extended<br />

period of time, and<br />

• may cause episodic, rather<br />

than continuing, incapacity.<br />

Permanent or long-term<br />

incapacity, under the<br />

supervision of a health care<br />

provider<br />

Treatments for:<br />

• res<strong>to</strong>rative surgery after an<br />

accident or injury, or<br />

• a condition that would require<br />

an absence of more than three<br />

days if not treated.<br />

Inpatient surgery<br />

Hospitalization<br />

Overnight hospital stay for<br />

observation<br />

Pneumonia<br />

Migraine<br />

Chicken pox<br />

Mononucleosis<br />

Viral infection<br />

Severe morning sickness<br />

Doc<strong>to</strong>r’s appointments for prenatal<br />

care, including OB-GYN visits,<br />

sonograms, visits or treatment for<br />

complications of pregnancy<br />

<strong>Medical</strong>ly required bed rest<br />

Epilepsy<br />

Asthma<br />

Diabetes<br />

Multiple sclerosis<br />

Sickle cell anemia<br />

Cancer<br />

Alzheimer’s disease<br />

Stroke<br />

ALS<br />

Arthritis treatment<br />

Dialysis<br />

Chemotherapy<br />

Radiation therapy<br />

Surgery <strong>to</strong> reset a broken bone,<br />

repair a <strong>to</strong>rn ligament, or treat burns

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