Here are the deets on FMLA:

Eligibility:
To be eligible for FMLA, employees must meet all of the following requirements:
- Have worked at least twelve (12) months for the organization;
- Have worked at least 1,250 hours for the organization over the twelve (12) months preceding the date the leave would commence; and
- Currently work at a location where there are at least fifty (50) employees within seventy-five (75) miles.

(NOTE: The 12 months of employment do not have to be consecutive. All periods of absence from work due to or necessitated by service in the uniformed services are counted as hours worked in determining eligibility).

To qualify as FMLA leave, the leave must be for one of the following reasons:
* The birth of a child or placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care.
* To care for a spouse, child or parent who has a serious health condition.
* For a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of his or her job.
* For any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that a spouse, child or parent is a military member on covered active duty or on call to covered active duty status.
*To care for a covered service member with a serious injury or illness.

Use of Paid and Unpaid Leave:
An employee who is taking FMLA leave because of the employee's own serious health condition or the serious health condition of a family member must use all paid vacation, personal or sick leave prior to being eligible for unpaid leave. Sick leave may run concurrently with FMLA leave if the reason for the FMLA leave is covered by the established sick leave policy.

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