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FMLA stands for the family medical leave act and is a federal law that allows employees to take unpaid, job-protected leave for a specific time for a permissible family emergency or personal medical reasons

The law provides for the continuation of the company’s group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave.

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