Section 9 Serious Illness or Injury Sustained by Family Member on Active Duty

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

Also under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-181, 122 Stat. 3, an employee who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or “next of kin” of a military servicemember who is recovering from a serious illness or injury sustained in the line of duty during active military service is entitled to up to 26 weeks of leave in a 12-month period to care for that service member. 29 U.S.C. § 2612(a)(3). This...