FMLA Covers Certain School Meetings

Parents who take leave to attend school meetings to discuss their disabled children’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) are covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act, according to the DOL. This is because these children have a serious health condition, so parents can take off from work from employers subject to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), even though no physician is present at the IEP meetings.