Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Toolkit
Leave is available under the
Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act (WFMLA) for individuals who have worked at least 52 weeks and who have been on the payroll for a total of 1,000 hours. It provides
two weeks of leave for an employee's own serious medical condition,
two weeks for the care of a child, spouse, in-law or parent, and six weeks of leave for birth or adoption of a child.
Leave is available under the
federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for employees who have been employed with UWM for 12 months, who have worked 1,250 hours in the year preceding the start of the leave, and who need the leave for
a qualifying reason. A qualifying reason includes leave for treatment for a serious health condition for the employee; leave for caring for a spouse, child or parent with a serious health condition; or for birth or adoption of a child. Leave for the previously listed reasons is for
a total of 12 weeks and it can be used all at once for 12 consecutive weeks, or it may be used intermittently.
Federal FMLA also provides
26 weeks of unpaid leave for an employee caring for spouse, son/daughter, parent, or next of kin, who is recovering from a serious illness or injury sustained in the
line of active duty. Twelve weeks of leave is also available to eligible employees who experience a “qualifying exigency” arising out of the fact that son/daughter, parent or spouse is on active duty in the Guards or Reserve Forces.
Leave provided under the WFMLA and FMLA is unpaid leave but employees may
substitute any accrued leave.
Be sure to check the leave provisions provided by the collective bargaining contracts available for union employees and run all eligible leave concurrently. The collective bargaining agreements can be found at
the OSER website.
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