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 The leave does not have to be paid, though

employers sometimes provide paid leave through

short term disability insurance policies or

otherwise as an additional benefit.

 The leave does not have to be taken all at once.

An employee might take two weeks of leave at the

beginning of the year due to illness, another two

weeks later in the year to care for a family member

with an illness, and another 8 weeks for the birth

of a child. So long as the employee does not use

more than 12 weeks total, the FMLA continues to

apply.

 The employer can require reasonable

documentation of the illness in order to approve

the leave.

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