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Family Medical Leave (FMLA)

Provides eligible employees up to 12 work-weeks of unpaid job protected leave in a 12-month period; and requires group health benefits to be maintained during the leave. Employees are entitled to return to their same or an equivalent job at the end of their FMLA leave.

Leave available for:

  • Birth of a child or placement of a child for adoption or foster care
  • To care for the employee's spouse, child or parent who has a qualifying serious health condition.
  • For the employee's own qualifying serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the employee's job

Eligibility:

  • Have worked for HEB ISD for at least 12 months; AND
  • Have at least 1250 hours of service in the 12 months before taking leave.

If you need to be out for more than 4 consecutive workdays due to sickness self or family sickness or want to request FMLA, please contact Kelley Farr, Benefits & Leave Specialist, (817) 399-2085, Benefits@hebisd.edu.