Notify Your Employer: Notify your employer in writing or verbally of your need for FMLA leave. While immediate notice is not always possible, FMLA generally requires 30 days' advance notice. Submit Required Forms and Documentation: Complete any FMLA leave request forms provided by your employer.
After you notify your employer and gather the documents needed, start your application process: Create or log into your account. Access your account. Fill out the online application. Access your account. Upload your documents. Application checklist.
FMLA is a federal law providing for an unpaid period of “protected absence” of up to 12 weeks, or up to 26 weeks for Military Caregiver Leave, in a twelve-month period for a qualifying event (see FMLA Fact Sheet for more qualifications).
The FMLA/CFRA entitles eligible employees up to twelve (12) workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave each calendar year (January 1st – December 31st) for specified family and medical reasons.
Generally, you can take up to 12 work weeks of leave during any 12-month period. Leave can be taken for one or more of the following reasons. To care for a spouse, son, daughter, or parent with a serious health condition. If you have a serious health condition that makes you unable to perform your job duties.
Employees are eligible for leave if they have worked for their employer at least 12 months, at least 1,250 hours over the past 12 months, and work at a location where the company employs 50 or more employees within 75 miles.