{"id":185,"date":"2015-01-20T08:19:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T14:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:32:39","slug":"fmla","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/resources\/fmla\/","title":{"rendered":"Family &amp; Medical Leave (FMLA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allow a qualifying employee to take unpaid leave for certain specified reasons.&nbsp; The laws are designed to protect employees with serious health conditions or certain specified family responsibilities who take needed time off from work without pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/legal-topics\/fmla\/\">Overview from UW System General Counsel\u2019s Office<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/leave\/fmla\/\">Overview from UW System Human Resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dpm.wi.gov\/Pages\/Employees\/FmlaUsage.aspx\">WI Division of Personnel Management FMLA Toolkit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-federal-laws\">Federal Laws<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?path=\/prelim@title29\/chapter28&amp;edition=prelim\">Federal FMLA, 29 U.S.C. 2601 et. seq.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/cgi-bin\/text-idx?SID=4b4cdadf8b00e3ce1c3c973e8e5789d4&amp;node=pt29.3.825&amp;rgn=div5\">Federal FMLA Regulations, 29 C.F.R. Part 825<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wisconsin-laws\">Wisconsin Laws<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/statutes\/statutes\/103\/10\">Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act, Wis. Stat. 103.10<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/code\/admin_code\/dwd\/218_226\/225\">Wisconsin Administrative Code Section DWD 225: Family and Medical Leave<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.state.wi.us\/rsb\/code\/uws\/uws019.pdf\">Wisconsin Administrative Code Section UWS 19: Sick Leave (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-uwm-policies-and-information\">51ÁÔÆæ Policies and Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/toolkits\/fmla\/\">51ÁÔÆæ Human Resources FMLA Toolkit<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/leaves-of-absence\/\">51ÁÔÆæ Leave of Absence Policy (SAAP 7-8)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-uw-system-policies-on-sick-leave\">UW System Policies on Sick Leave<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uw-policies\/uw-system-administrative-policies\/vacation-paid-leave-banks-and-vacation-cash-payouts-2\/\">UW System Admin Policy 1210: Vacation, Paid Leave, Cash Payouts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uw-policies\/uw-system-administrative-policies\/sick-leave\/\">UW System Admin Policy 1212: Sick Leave<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uw-policies\/uw-system-administrative-policies\/catastrophic-leave-program\/\">UW System Admin Policy 1214: Catastrophic Leave<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allow a qualifying employee to take unpaid leave for certain specified reasons.&nbsp; The laws are designed to protect employees with serious health conditions &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":0,"parent":75,"menu_order":26,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Office of Legal Affairs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/resources\/fmla\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Family &amp; Medical Leave (FMLA)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allow a qualifying employee to take unpaid leave for certain specified reasons.&nbsp; The laws are designed to protect employees with serious health conditions &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/resources\/fmla\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Office of Legal Affairs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-19T16:32:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/legal\\\/resources\\\/fmla\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/legal\\\/resources\\\/fmla\\\/\",\"name\":\"Family &amp; Medical Leave (FMLA) - Office of Legal Affairs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/legal\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-01-20T14:19:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-19T16:32:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/legal\\\/resources\\\/fmla\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/legal\\\/resources\\\/fmla\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/legal\\\/resources\\\/fmla\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/legal\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Resources\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/legal\\\/resources\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Family &amp; Medical Leave (FMLA)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/legal\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/legal\\\/\",\"name\":\"Office of Legal Affairs\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/legal\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Office of Legal Affairs","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/resources\/fmla\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Family &amp; Medical Leave (FMLA)","og_description":"The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allow a qualifying employee to take unpaid leave for certain specified reasons.&nbsp; The laws are designed to protect employees with serious health conditions &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/resources\/fmla\/","og_site_name":"Office of Legal Affairs","article_modified_time":"2026-03-19T16:32:39+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/resources\/fmla\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/resources\/fmla\/","name":"Family &amp; Medical Leave (FMLA) - Office of Legal Affairs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-01-20T14:19:53+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-19T16:32:39+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/resources\/fmla\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/resources\/fmla\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/resources\/fmla\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Resources","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/resources\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Family &amp; Medical Leave (FMLA)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/","name":"Office of Legal Affairs","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1438,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions\/1438"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}