¹ The National Alliance for Women and Families: Ibid, Brown et al. (2020) and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Estimate based on 2018 data from Brown et al. regarding the share of FMLA-eligible employees who report taking leave for a qualifying FMLA reason multiplied by the annual average civilian noninstitutionalized, employed workforce in 2022 of 158,291,000.

² Family and Medical Leave Act, U.S. Department of Labor

³ Fact Sheet #28: Employee Protections under the Family and Medical Leave Act, U.S. Department of Labor, 2022

⁴ Fact Sheet #28F: Qualifying Reasons for Leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, U.S. Department of Labor, 2022

⁵ Notice requirements under the FMLA, NOLO, 2022

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