Leave entitlement.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) An employee shall be entitled to a total of 12 administrative workweeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period for one or more of the following reasons: (1) The birth of a son or daughter of the employee and the care of such son or daughter; (2) The placement of a son or daughter with the employee for adoption or foster care and the care of such son or daughter. (3) The care of a spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent has a serious health condition; or (4) A serious health condition of the employee that makes the employee unable to perform any one or more of the essential functions of his or her position. (5) 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 (or has been notified of an impending call or order to covered active duty) in the Armed Forces. (b) An employee must invoke his or her entitlement to family and medical leave under paragraph (a) of this section, subject to the notification and medical certification requirements in §§ 630.1207 and 630.1208. An employee may not retroactively invoke his or her entitlement to family and medical leave. However, if an employee and his or her personal representative are physically or mentally incapable of invoking the employee's entitlement to FMLA leave (c) The 12-month period referred to in paragraph (a) of this section begins on the date an employee first takes lea

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 630.1203