The Family Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, allows you to take time off of work for serious illness or the birth or adoption of a child. The serious illness can be your own, or something affecting a close family member. So you can take the leave for yourself, or to care for a spouse, minor or disabled child, or a parent.

Under the law, you get 12 weeks of leave, per year. The leave is not paid, but there is a guarantee that your job will be waiting for your when you get back. You also get to keep your…
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