Sentences with phrase «existing family medical leave»

The act builds on the existing Family Medical Leave under the ESA: if a family member is terminally ill, an employee is entitled to 8 weeks of job - protected unpaid leave.

This is different from the existing Family Medical Leave, which only allows an absence in the event that a qualified health practitioner issues a certificate indicating that death is likely within the next 26 weeks.

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Proposing more than $ 2 billion in new funds to encourage states to develop paid family and medical leave programs and announcing that the Department of Labor will use $ 1 million in existing funds to help States and municipalities conduct feasibility studies; and

This study attempts to fill gaps left by the existing research by examining within - person changes in QOL during the time of pump transition in order to identify common family, psychological, medical, and demographic factors that may contribute to improved health - related QOL during this period.