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LEAVE ADMINISTRATON
 

DEFINITION OF FAMILY MEMBER:

Family & Medical

Leave Act (FMLA)
 
 

 
Sick Leave for

Family Care and Bereavement or to Care for a Family Member with a Serious Health Condition

Leave Sharing 

(Voluntary Leave Transfer Program

and Voluntary Leave Bank

Program)

 
 

Family member is defined as a spouse, son, daughter, or parent.

Spouse-- a husband or wife, as defined or

recognized under State law for purposes of marriage, including common law marriage in States where it is recognized. Son or Daughter-- a biological, adopted or foster child; a step child; a legal ward; or a child of a person standing in loco parentis, who is; A. Under 18 years of age; or

B. 18 years or older and incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability.

 Parent-- the biological parent or an individual who stands or stood in loco parentis to an employee when the employee was a child.
 
 

Family member is defined as:

1. Spouse, and parents thereof; 2. Children, including adopted children, and spouses thereof;

3. Parents;

4. Brothers and sisters, and spouses thereof; and

5. Any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship. 

 		Family member definition is the same as the definition in "Sick Leave for Family Care and Bereavement and "Sick Leave to Care for a Family Member with a Serious Health Condition."

 

EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY FOR LEAVE TO MEET FAMILY NEEDS

Sick Leave for Family Care and
Bereavement

Family and Medical Leave Act 
of 1993 

(FMLA)

Leave Sharing 

(Voluntary Leave Transfer Program--Voluntary Leave Bank Program)
Any employee who is covered by the Federal leave system. 

(See 5 U.S.C. 6301(2).)

Excludes employees of the government of the District of Columbia.

 Any employee who is covered by the Federal leave system 

(See 5 U.S.C. 6301(2).)

Plus--

1. Any employee covered under 38 U.S.C. 7401(1) in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs;

2. Any teacher or individual holding a teaching position as defined by section 901 of title 20; and 

3. Any employee paid from a nonappropriated fund

who has completed 12 months of service with the Federal Government.

Excluded are:

1. Employees of the government of the District of Columbia, and

2. Temporary and intermittent employees.

(Excluded employees are covered under Title I of the FMLA. See Department of Labor regulations at 29 CFR part 825).

 

 Any employee who is covered by the Federal leave system. 

(See 5 U.S.C. 6301(2).)

Excludes employees of the government of the District of Columbia.

EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY FOR LEAVE TO MEET FAMILY NEEDS

Sick Leave for Family Care and Bereavement

and 

Sick Leave to Care for a Family Member with a Serious Health Condition
Family and Medical Leave Act 
of 1993 

(FMLA)
Leave Sharing 

(Voluntary Leave Transfer Program--Voluntary Leave Bank Program)
     
Any employee who is covered by the Federal leave system. 

(See 5 U.S.C. 6301(2).)

Excludes employees of the government of the District of Columbia.

 Any employee who is covered by the Federal leave system 

(See 5 U.S.C. 6301(2).)

Plus--

1. Any employee covered under 38 U.S.C. 7401(1) in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs;

2. Any teacher or individual holding a teaching position as defined by section 901 of title 20; and 

3. Any employee paid from a nonappropriated fund

 who has completed 12 months of service with the Federal Government.

Excluded are:

1. Employees of the government of the District of Columbia, and

2. Temporary and intermittent employees.

 (Excluded employees are covered under Title I of the FMLA. See Department of Labor regulations at 29 CFR part 825).		 Any employee who is covered by the Federal leave system. 

(See 5 U.S.C. 6301(2).)

Excludes employees of the government of the District of Columbia.

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