Southern California Family Medical Leave Attorneys
The Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 allows employees
to take time off of work if they are suffering from a serious
medical condition, being placed with an adopted child,
taking care of a newborn child, or caring for a family
member suffering from a serious injury, disease, or illness.
One of the many functions of the Family Medical Leave Act
is to ensure that eligible employees who take medical leave
are not penalized or fired for doing so.
To be eligible for family leave an employee must have
been working for the same employer for at least twelve
months and have completed at least 1,250 hours of work.
In most family leave situations in California, an employee
is allowed up to twelve weeks of unpaid family leave per
year.
It is against the law for an employer to fire an employee
just because they have taken family leave. If you were
denied family medical leave, or were fired or penalized
for taking family medical leave for any of the previously
mentioned family care situations, you may be able to file
a lawsuit against your employer and recover monetary compensation.
If you or a loved one has been the victim
of a family leave matter, please contact a California family
leave lawyer today at the Law Offices of Terry Davis.
1-800-783-9360
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