1. General Information: FMLA
Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)
Employers must comply with FMLA guidelines it is a federal law governed by the Department of Labor
FMLA is not additional paid leave but runs concurrent with paid or unpaid leave.
COVERAGE:
Allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for certain family or medical reasons including:
Care for a new child, whether for the birth of a child, or for the adoption or placement of a child in foster care;
To care for a seriously ill family member (spouse, son, daughter, or parent);
Editorial Guidelines on Bullets:
1. Vertical lists are best introduced by a grammatically complete sentence followed by a colon. No periods
are required at the end of entries unless at least one entry is a complete sentence, in which case a period
is necessary at the end of each entry.
Example: A university can be judged by three measures:
· The quality of its students
· The quality of it faculty
· The quality of its infrastructure
2. If a list completes the sentence that introduces it, items begin with lowercase letters, commas or semicolons
(if individual items contain commas) are used to separate each item, and the last item ends with a period.
Note that the introductory clause does not end with a colon.
Example: A university can be judged by
· the quality of its students,
· the quality of its faculty,
· the quality of its infrastructure.
3. Avoid mixing sentence and nonsentence items in a bulleted list. 1

2. General Information: FMLA
3. To recover from a worker’s own illness;
To care for an injured service member in the family;
To address qualifying exigencies arising of a family member’s deployment.
Serious illness includes: Inpatient medical care, pregnancy or prenatal care; a health condition lasting three consecutive days coupled with long-term treatment by a health care provider; a chronic, serious condition such as asthma; diabetes or epilepsy for which the person is under the ongoing treatment of a healthcare provider; multiple treatments such as chemotherapy or kidney dialysis; or, a permanent long-term condition for which treatment may not be effective. Note: Illness such as cold or flu are not usually covered unless there are complications.
Editorial Guidelines on Bullets:
1. Vertical lists are best introduced by a grammatically complete sentence followed by a colon. No periods
are required at the end of entries unless at least one entry is a complete sentence, in which case a period
is necessary at the end of each entry.
Example: A university can be judged by three measures:
· The quality of its students
· The quality of it faculty
· The quality of its infrastructure
2. If a list completes the sentence that introduces it, items begin with lowercase letters, commas or semicolons
(if individual items contain commas) are used to separate each item, and the last item ends with a period.
Note that the introductory clause does not end with a colon.
Example: A university can be judged by
· the quality of its students,
· the quality of its faculty,
· the quality of its infrastructure.
3. Avoid mixing sentence and nonsentence items in a bulleted list. 2

3. General Information: FMLA
An eligible employee may also apply up to 26 weeks of job protection for Military reason to include:
To care for a covered service member with a serious injury or illness, when the employee is the spouse, son, daughter, parent or next of kin.
Editorial Guidelines on Bullets:
1. Vertical lists are best introduced by a grammatically complete sentence followed by a colon. No periods
are required at the end of entries unless at least one entry is a complete sentence, in which case a period
is necessary at the end of each entry.
Example: A university can be judged by three measures:
· The quality of its students
· The quality of it faculty
· The quality of its infrastructure
2. If a list completes the sentence that introduces it, items begin with lowercase letters, commas or semicolons
(if individual items contain commas) are used to separate each item, and the last item ends with a period.
Note that the introductory clause does not end with a colon.
Example: A university can be judged by
· the quality of its students,
· the quality of its faculty,
· the quality of its infrastructure.
3. Avoid mixing sentence and nonsentence items in a bulleted list. 3

4. Eligibility for FMLA:
Employed with Clemson University for at least 12 months
Have worked at least 1250 hours in the previous 12 months
FMLA leave can be used intermittently, meaning not all in one block. Must be certified by a physician.
Clemson University employees who have a spouse who also work for here at Clemson and they both apply for FMLA for the same event will have to share the FMLA hours. Example: Maternity and Paternity
FMLA forms:

5. FMLA continued:
Paid leave is to be used concurrently while out on FMLA
Paid leave is to be used in accordance with the reason for the approved FMLA time.
Editorial Guidelines on Bullets:
1. Vertical lists are best introduced by a grammatically complete sentence followed by a colon. No periods
are required at the end of entries unless at least one entry is a complete sentence, in which case a period
is necessary at the end of each entry.
Example: A university can be judged by three measures:
· The quality of its students
· The quality of it faculty
· The quality of its infrastructure
2. If a list completes the sentence that introduces it, items begin with lowercase letters, commas or semicolons
(if individual items contain commas) are used to separate each item, and the last item ends with a period.
Note that the introductory clause does not end with a colon.
Example: A university can be judged by
· the quality of its students,
· the quality of its faculty,
· the quality of its infrastructure.
3. Avoid mixing sentence and nonsentence items in a bulleted list. 5