With the passage in 1993 of the Family and Medical Leave Act, employees of many employers become entitled to take up to twelve weeks of unpaid leave from their jobs in any twelve month period because of the birth of a child.
Additional information about the FMLA can be found below:
Leave of Absence of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Regulation of Leaves of Absences:
A leave of absence is a period of time, sometimes as long as several weeks or months, that an employee is permitted to be absent from work, while retaining the right to return to his job when the leave of absence ends. Read More…