FMLA
What is the full name for FMLA?
For FMLA, full name is Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; employee threshold is 50; requirement is an eligible employee shall be entitled to a total of 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period; counting note is any employee of an employer who is employed at a worksite at which such employer employs less than 50 employees if the total number of employees employed by that employer within 75 miles of that worksite is less than 50, verified against its source on 2026-11-01.
The term "employer"- (i) means any person engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce who employs 50 or more employees for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or preceding calendar year;
— uscode.house.gov, retrieved 2026-09-29
- Law
- FMLA our reading
- Full name
- Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 verified
- Employee threshold
- 50 verified
- Requirement
- an eligible employee shall be entitled to a total of 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period verified
- Counting note
- any employee of an employer who is employed at a worksite at which such employer employs less than 50 employees if the total number of employees employed by that employer within 75 miles of that worksite is less than 50 verified
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Law and Full name
may be cited as the 'Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993'.
Employee threshold
The term "employer"- (i) means any person engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce who employs 50 or more employees for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or preceding calendar year;
Requirement
Subject to section 2613 of this title and subsection (d)(3), an eligible employee shall be entitled to a total of 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period for one or more of the following:
Counting note
(ii) any employee of an employer who is employed at a worksite at which such employer employs less than 50 employees if the total number of employees employed by that employer within 75 miles of that worksite is less than 50.
— all from uscode.house.gov, retrieved 2026-09-29
Sources
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section2611&num=0&edition=prelim
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section2612&num=0&edition=prelim
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section2601&num=0&edition=prelim