FMLA requires:

1. Unpaid leave for eligible employees for a total of 12 work weeks in any 12 month period for:
   • Birth of child;
   • Adoption of child;
   • Care for spouse, child or parent with serious health condition; or
   • Employee's health.
2. Intermittent leave/reduced leave

Compare the definition of disability under ADA, Workers' Compensation and "serious medical condition" under FMLA.

1. ADA -- "disabilities"
   • A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of he major life activities of individual; or
   • Record of such impairment; or
   • Being regarded as having an impairment.

2. Workers' Compensation -- "disability" not defined in Act.
   • Case law -- loss of earning capacity, whether permanent or temporary. Such impairments are only compensable if they occur as a result of services arising out of and in the course of employment.

3. FMLA -- "serious health condition"
   • Hospital care
   • Absence plus treatment.
   • Pregnancy.
   • Chronic conditions requiring treatments.
   • Permanent/long-term conditions requiring supervision.
   • Multiple treatments.