The Family Medical Leave Act - FMLA (Applies to Title 5 employees not employed by the government and/or private companies with 50 or more employees)
http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/index.htm
The Family Medical Leave Act- FMLA (Applies to Federal employees)
http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/html/fmlafact.htm
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