FMLA for Pre-Deployment Needs

Check out this article by Military Family Central.  I think every military family with a working spouse needs to be aware of this federal protection.

According to the article:

"Exigency leave is designed to help a service member’s family deal with the logistical problems that arise with a transition to deployment. Military-sponsored functions, organizing financial and legal arrangements as well as finding childcare all qualify as exigency leave that is covered by the federal government.

Parents, spouses and children of active duty or reserve service members are allowed to take up to 12 weeks out of any 12-month period to solve these issues on leave without fear of losing their job."

This is a fairly new provision and employers might not yet be aware of what they need to do.  Sometimes things come up before a deployment that requires a spouse to miss work on little to no notice and they should not be penalized for this.