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FMLA refers to the US Family and Medical Leave Act. Qualifying leave is job-protected and ordinarily unpaid, with continued group health coverage under the applicable conditions. Paid leave can run at the same time.
How to read this entry
Use the meaning Family and Medical Leave Act alongside the column heading. An earnings amount, an employee deduction and an employer-cost memo can have different effects even when their labels look similar.
Example on a pay statement
An employee can have eight FMLA hours recorded and eight paid sick hours applied to the same absence. That does not mean 16 hours were taken.
Examples illustrate the checking method. They are not a personal tax calculation or a promise of a particular benefit.
What to check with payroll
Check the leave designation, remaining entitlement and whether salary, sick pay or another benefit is funding the absence.
Compare related entries
Read the leave, vacation, sick pay and severance codes guide to compare the entries in this part of your statement. Use the full pay stub code directory when a second abbreviation is unfamiliar.
Reference and scope
Official guidance on leave, vacation, sick pay and severance codes provides background on the underlying rules. The actual plan, tax year, jurisdiction and payroll record determine how the rules apply.