Section 7 Special Educational Provisions

• Library: Emp-Emp Law 2000

Special provisions apply to leave taken by employees of public and private elementary and secondary schools. 29 C.F.R. § 825.600. The employer may require the employee to take leave in blocks of time or to the end of the term if certain conditions are met. 29 U.S.C. § 2618(c).

Generally, educational institutions can require intermittent leaves to be of a particular duration or transfer the employee to an alternative, equivalent position when the leave involves more than twenty percent of the working days...