If you work at a work site with at least 50 full–time employees, then the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) will cover you. The FMLA states if you have been an employee for at least one year and have worked a minimum of 1250 hours in the previous 12 months, then you are entitled to 12 weeks unpaid leave and health coverage for the leave period in any 12 month period for the birth of a child or to care for such child, the adoption of a child or the acceptance of a child from foster care, to care for a spouse, child or parent who has a serious health condition or because of your own inability to work due to a serious health condition that stops you from performing your job.