Which employers are covered by the FMLA?

In California, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires employers who have at least 50 or more employees within 75 miles to provide job-protected leave to eligible employees. This includes both private and public employers as well as local, state, and federal governments who employ such a large amount of people. All schools, regardless of their size, must also abide by the FMLA regulations. This means that any teachers, staff, and administrators at any school are eligible for leave under the FMLA. Additionally, companies that have employed 50 or more people for at least 20 weeks of the calendar year must comply with the FMLA regulations, regardless of whether these people are part-time, full-time, seasonal, or temporary employees. In addition, any company that contracts with the federal government must also conform to the FMLA regulations. In California, any business that falls under these criteria must provide eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year for medical and family reasons, including for the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child, the employee’s own serious medical condition, or to care for an immediate family member with a serious medical condition. This leave is job-protected, meaning that the employee’s job will still be available to them even after they have taken their leave. Employers also must continue to provide health insurance benefits while the employee is away.

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