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FMLA in Alaska

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Who is covered under the FMLA in the state of Alaska?

The Family and Medical Leave Act is a federal Act that covers many employees in the state of Alaska. In order to be eligible for FMLA coverage, employees need to meet certain time off requirements and they need to work for a covered employer. However, the Act does allow many employees to take time away from work in order to tend to medical related issues that apply to themselves or to qualifying family members.

When an employee wishes to take the FMLA time off, the employee needs to have worked for a covered company for at least 20 weeks out of the previous year or a total of 2,150 hours. The 20 weeks do not have to be consecutive. Also, the employer needs to have at least 50 employees working within a 75-mile radius of the employee that wishes to take the time off in order to be covered.

Employees should be able to take the FMLA time off without being discriminated against by the employer. Also, the employee should be able to return to work at the end of the period of time off to have the same job or an equivalent job. The employee should also have the same salary and benefits that he or she had prior to taking the FMLA leave.

Employees may be able to take time off for the following reasons:

·         To care for their own health care issues

·         To care for a sick or injured spouse

·         To care for a sick or injured child, if the child is under the age of 18

·         To care for a sick or injured parent, if the parent is biological and the employee is over the age of 18

·         To care for a newborn child, a newly adopted child, or a child recently taken in through foster care. CB