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Can an employee use FMLA to attend a child’s event at school?

Someone advised that they are under the impression FMLA covers absences from work that include an employee being out to attend their childs event at school; parent teacher conference for example.

Definitions of FMLA on the Web:

* The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (, enacted February 5, 1993) is a United States labor law allowing an employee to take unpaid leave due to a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform his job or to care for a sick family member or to care for a new son or …
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMLA

* a federal regulation that allows eligible employees to take up to 12 work weeks of unpaid leave during any 12 month period for the serious health condition of the employee, parent, spouse or child, or for pregnancy or care of a newborn child, or for adoption or foster care of a child.
www.storknet.com/cubbies/pregnancy/glossary.htm

* Federal legislation in the United States that requires companies with 50 or more employees within a 75-mile radius to grant eligible employees an …
www.woodmen.org/inside.cfm

* A federal law that allows an individual up to 12 weeks leave based on medical necessity for self, child, spouse or parents. …
www.occc.edu/HumanResources/glossary.html

* the 1993 law creating an entitlement to unpaid leave connected with family emergencies and medical situations.
cwalocal13500.com/glossary.htm

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4 Responses to “Can an employee use FMLA to attend a child’s event at school?”

  1. NO>
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  2. No, that’ll get you fired. The FMLA does not cover every day parenting chores.
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  3. no its for medical reasons only whether its yourself or family and not to be used for a day out with kids that is what vacation or personal days are for.
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  4. Definitions of FMLA on the Web:

    * The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (, enacted February 5, 1993) is a United States labor law allowing an employee to take unpaid leave due to a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform his job or to care for a sick family member or to care for a new son or …
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMLA

    * a federal regulation that allows eligible employees to take up to 12 work weeks of unpaid leave during any 12 month period for the serious health condition of the employee, parent, spouse or child, or for pregnancy or care of a newborn child, or for adoption or foster care of a child.
    http://www.storknet.com/cubbies/pregnancy/glossary.htm

    * Federal legislation in the United States that requires companies with 50 or more employees within a 75-mile radius to grant eligible employees an …
    http://www.woodmen.org/inside.cfm

    * A federal law that allows an individual up to 12 weeks leave based on medical necessity for self, child, spouse or parents. …
    http://www.occc.edu/HumanResources/glossary.html

    * the 1993 law creating an entitlement to unpaid leave connected with family emergencies and medical situations.
    cwalocal13500.com/glossary.htm
    References :

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