{"id":6321,"date":"2026-06-17T07:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/?p=6321"},"modified":"2026-06-17T10:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:03:29","slug":"hr-newsletter-steps-to-calculate-leave-under-the-fmla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/17\/hr-newsletter-steps-to-calculate-leave-under-the-fmla\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Newsletter: Steps to Calculate Leave Under the FMLA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/HR\/Blog\/December2025_FMLA.jpg\" alt=\"HR Newsletter: Steps to Calculate Leave Under the FMLA\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides eligible employees of covered employers with job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons. 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FMLA leave may be unpaid or used at the same time as employer-provided paid leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>In order to help ensure employees are afforded their FMLA rights and avoid costly lawsuits, employers must properly calculate both the amount of leave employees have available and the amount of leave employees use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Compliance Overview, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/June2026_Compliance-Overview-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steps to Calculate Leave Under the FMLA<\/a>, provides steps for employers to count the amount of leave available and the amount of leave used under the FMLA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/June2026_Compliance-Overview-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/hr\/Blog\/June2026_Compliance-Overview-2-PDF.jpg\" alt=\"Steps to Calculate Leave Under the FMLA\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides eligible employees of covered employers with job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons. 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