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What does “adult child” mean for the purposes of FMLA qualified exigency or military caregiver leave?

April 26, 2017caregiver exigency FMLA leave mean Military purposes qualified

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What does “adult child” mean for the purposes of FMLA qualified exigency or military caregiver leave?

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The service member need not be a child. An employee can take FMLA leave for care of a child with a serious health condition so long as that child is a minor or, if the child is an adult, the child meets the test of being both incapable of self-care and “disabled” as defined by the Americans With Disabilities Act. Under the amendments, an employee may take FMLA qualified exigency or military caregiver leave for care of a child even if the child is an adult and does not meet the “self-care” and “disabled” tests.