Question

John Jackson is employed by LittleCo as a service technician. LittleCo employs approximately 100 people at the facility where John works. John's wife is pregnant and John would like to take time off work for baby bonding after the birth of his child. John asks his HR Rep, Nelly Newhire, if he can take FMLA leave for baby bonding. What information will Nelly need to gather to answer his question

Answer 1

A leave of upto 12 work weeks has been granted in FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) , a federal act. It can be due to health issues of family members, birth of a baby, baby bonding that a person may require taking leaves. The leaves guaranteed under this act are unpaid leaves and guarantees that the employee will not be fired for such leaves.

Now in this case, baby bonding is a legitimate reason to ask for leave from Nelly but Nelly should first know one thing before granting the leave :

Is John's baby a newborn and his birth hasn't crossed a year of time?

Under FMLA, leave for baby bonding is only valid until the baby attains the age of one which means if John's son is below the age of one, then he is entitled to the leave. So, Nelly need to gather information regarding John's son's age.