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FMLA in Colorado

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Who is covered by the FMLA in Colorado?

Many employees in the state of Colorado will be able to receive coverage under the Family and Medical Leave Act. The FMLA is a federal Act that pertains to employees that work in states across the U.S. When an employee needs to take time off of work in order to care for the medical needs of a qualifying family member or for their own medical needs, the employee can take the time away from work within fear of losing his or her job.

Employees that wish to take FMLA time off need to first meet certain qualifications in order to do so. First, the employee needs to work for a qualifying company. A qualifying company is one that has at least 50 employees that work within a 75-mile radius of the employee that wishes to take the FMLA time off.

Next, the employee needs to have worked for the qualifying company for at least 20 weeks out of the previous year or a total of 1,250 hours. Those 20 weeks do not have to have been consecutive.

When the employee returns to work at the end of the time off, the employee should be able to have the same job or an equivalent job as well as the same salary and benefits that he or she had prior to taking the time off. Also, the employee should not be discriminated against by the employer for having taken the FMLA time off.

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

·         To care for their own health-related needs

·         To care for the health related needs of a spouse

·         To care for the health-related needs of a child, as long as the child is under the age of 18

·         To care for the health-related needs of a parent, as long as the parent is a biological parent and the employee is at least 18 years of age

·         For the birth of a child

·         After a child has been taken in through adoption or foster care. CB