Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

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Statewide Policy on FMLA

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FMLA Overview

For eligible employees, every fiscal year Minnesota State Mankato will grant a leave of absence of up to twelve weeks of job-protected leave for certain family and medical reasons consistent with the FMLA, relevant state law, and collective bargaining agreements and personnel plans.

FMLA is a way to designate leave as protected under the law. It is not a separate bank of leave for employees to use. While on FMLA leave employees still use sick leave, annual leave, or leave without pay.

This is intended only as a general summary of the FMLA. The actual provision of the law will govern requests made under the FMLA. Please consult Human Resources for more information.

Eligibility

To be eligible you must have worked for the State of Minnesota for at least one year; and have worked at least 1,250 hours during the prior twelve months. Only actual hours worked count, you can't count leave taken.

What is FMLA for...

FMLA Leave is for things like:

• The birth or a child, foster care, or adoption of a child
• To care for employee's spouse, child, or parent with a serious health condition
• A serious health condition where you're unable to work

Military Family Leave Entitlements

Eligible employees with a spouse, son, daughter, or parent on active duty or call to active duty status in the National Guard or Reserves in support of a contingency operation may use their 12-week leave entitlement to address certain qualifying exigencies. Qualifying exigencies may include attending certain military events, arranging for alternative childcare, addressing certain financial and legal arrangements, attending certain counseling sessions, and attending post-deployment reintegration briefings.

FMLA also includes a special leave entitlement that permits eligible employees to take up to 26 weeks of leave to care for a covered service member during a single 12-month period. A covered service member is a current member of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or Reserves, who has a serious injury or illness incurred in the line of duty on active duty that may render the service member medically unfit to perform his or her duties for which the service member is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy; or is in outpatient status; or is on the temporary disability retired list.