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Family and medical leave — Georgia

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the following reasons:

  • to recover from illness or pregnancy
  • to care for sick family members
  • for the placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care
  • for qualifying exigencies arising out of the fact that the employee’s spouse, child or parent is on, or has been notified of an impending call to, active duty with the Armed Forces. 

In addition, the FMLA allows eligible employees to take up to a combined total of 26 workweeks during a single 12-month period to care for a sick or injured current member of the Armed Forces. Employers covered by the FMLA are required to grant such leave and reinstate the employee to the same or an equivalent position upon timely return from FMLA leave. Because of the complexity of the statute and its corresponding regulations, employers have had great difficulty discerning when an employee is entitled to leave and the conditions that may be placed upon such leave. 

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