FMLA Leave Request

FMLA Leave Request Form Template
FMLA Leave Request

FMLA Leave Request

 

Date:

Employee Name:

Home Address:

 

 

 

Social Security Number:

Job Title:

Department:

Manager:

 

Leave Eligibility

 

In order to be eligible for 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the FMLA every 12 months you must meet BOTH of the following requirements:

 

1)           You have worked at {INSERT COMPANY NAME} for 12 months or more (12 months does not need to be consecutive).

2)           You have accrued a minimum of 1250 hours (approximately 8 months based on a 40 hour work week or 1 year based on a 25 hour work week) in the last 12 calendar months.

 

Please select one of the following:

 

Yes, I meet both requirements

No, I do not meet both requirements

 

Previous Leave Information

 

Have you ever taken leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act?  

YES         NO

If yes, please provide the dates of leave and the reason for the leave below.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Have you ever taken a leave that was not under the Family and Medical Leave Act?

YES         NO

If yes, please provide dates of leave and the reason for the leave below.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Reason For Leave Request

 

Select  reason for leave request under the FMLA:

 

                      For a serious personal health condition:

Does your health condition require a 3 day absence from work and/or an overnight stay at a medical clinic?   YES           NO

                      Describe condition below:

                      __________________________________________________________________

                      __________________________________________________________________

                      __________________________________________________________________

 

                      To care for a spouse, child or parent with a serious health condition:

                      Name of family member:   _________________________

                      Relationship to you:   _____________________________

                      If the family member is a child, is he/she under 18 years of age?

YES           NO

Does the family member´s condition require a 3 day absence from normal life activities (work, school, etc) and/or an overnight stay at a medical facility?

                      YES          NO

                      Describe condition below:

                      __________________________________________________________________

                      __________________________________________________________________

                      __________________________________________________________________

 

                  To attend the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child.

                      Provide expected date of birth, adoption, or foster placement.

                      __________________________________________________________________

                      __________________________________________________________________

                      __________________________________________________________________

 

Description of Requested Leave

 

Dates of requested leave:   _________________________

Total leave time:   ________________________________

 

Is this request for an intermittent leave?      YES       NO

If yes, describe below the proposed schedule.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Is this request for a reduced work hour leave?      YES       NO

If yes, describe below the proposed schedule.

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

 

Are you requesting that paid leave be substituted for unpaid FMLA leave?

YES          NO

If yes, name the paid leave you wish to substitute.

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

 

Employee Statement

 

I agree to return to work on {ENTER DATE MM/DD/YYYY}.   Should circumstances change, I agree to notify my employer {INSERT COMPANY NAME} in writing as soon as possible.

 

I agree to provide my employer with any requested medical certification that is permitted under the clauses of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.   I understand that my employer, {INSERT COMPANY NAME}, will continue to pay my health care benefits, but that payment for all other benefits will be suspended until I return to work.   I understand that the continuation of my health care benefits is contingent upon my continue payment for my regular health care deductions.

 

I acknowledge that I have read and understood the Notification of Employee FMLA Rights given to me by my employer.

 

________________________

Print Name

 

________________________

Signature

 

________________________

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Office Use Only

 

General Employee Information

 

Start Date:   {MM/DD/YYYY}

End Date:     {MM/DD/YYYY}

Hours worked per day:   ________________________

Days worked per week: ________________________

Total hours worked per week: ___________________

This schedule began on:   {MM/DD/YYYY}

 

Leave Approval

 

                      Employee´s requested leave is approved.

                      1)   Select one of the following:

Intermittent Leave

Reduced Schedule Leave

Describe below:

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

2) Will the employee need to provide medical certification during the leave?

YES

NO

If yes, describe below:

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

3) Return to work date:   {MM/DD/YYYY}

 

                      Employee´s requested leave is denied.

 

                      Provide reason for refusal below.

                      __________________________________________________________________

                      __________________________________________________________________

                      __________________________________________________________________

 

Request approved/denied by:

 

________________________                       _________________________                  

Print Name                                                                                 Signature

 

________________________                       _________________________

Position                                                                                           Date

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