Family & Medical Leave Act
The
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides job security for you to take off 12 weeks during a calendar year and not lose your employment position. You are
entitled to time off due to your health condition, a family member’s health condition, to care for a newborn, or during placement of an adopted or foster child.
You must be given the opportunity to take your FMLA. If you believe you have been retaliated against or discriminated against as a result of exercising your
FMLA rights and your job employment has been adversely, unlawfully, or unfairly affected, contact us immediately at Law Offices of Christopher J. Trainor & Associates. We may be able to help you.
Your job may have been adversely, unlawfully, or unfairly affected in the following manner:
Rights interfered with or denied
Creating a hostile work environment
Cutting your hours or benefits
Changing your hours
Changing your job duties
Not getting a promotion you deserve
The law recognizes the growing needs of balancing family and work obligations and promises numerous protections to workers. The leave guaranteed by the act is unpaid, and is available to those working for employers with 50 or more employees within a 75 mile radius. In addition, an employee must have worked for the company at least 12 months and 1,250 hours in those 12 months.