FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA) | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Provides administration, enforcement of and information about the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for all private, state, and local government employees and most Federal employees. FMLA entitles eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks unpaid, job-protected leave in a 12- month period for specified family and/or medical reasons. The law contains provisions on employer coverage, employee eligibility for the law's benefits, entitlement for leave, maintenance of health benefits during leave, and job restoration after leave, notice and certification of the need for FMLA leave, and protection for employees who request or take FMLA leave.

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211 Cleveland

Physical Address

1240 E 9th St., Cleveland, OH 44199

Hours

M-F: 8:00am-8:00pm for national number; M-F: 8:00am-5:00pm to reach Cleveland office.

Fax

(216) 357-5422

Voice

(866) 487-9243

Toll-Free | National Wage and Hour number

Application process

Phone national site M-F: 8:00am-8:00pm. May also phone Cleveland site M-F: 8:00am-5:00pm, although calls are best originated at the national number.

Fee

Free

Eligibility

Employees of private businesses that have 50 or more employees within a 75 mile radius of their main site; all state and local government employees, and most Federal employees. Families of those in the military may have additional benefits, depending on their deployment status. Veterans and airline personnel may be eligible for additional consideration.

Agency info

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Provides administrative oversight to a variety of departments and bureaus concerned with labor issues for the federal government. The agency mission is to foster, promote and develop the welfare of the wage earners, improve working conditions, and advance opportunities for profitable employment, preparing the American workforce for new and better jobs. Can also provide national labor statistics. Job Corps is a bureau of this agency but is listed separately.