# FMLA — US federal employment law thresholds by employee count For FMLA, full name is Family and Medical Leave Act; employee threshold is 50; requirement is requires you to provide eligible employees with unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons; counting note is part-time and temporary employees are included in the head-count calculation, verified against its source on 2026-08-04. - **Law:** FMLA - **Full name:** Family and Medical Leave Act - **Employee threshold:** 50 - **Requirement:** requires you to provide eligible employees with unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons - **Counting note:** part-time and temporary employees are included in the head-count calculation ## What the source says > Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires you to provide eligible employees with unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons. ## Sources disagree More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from. ### Full name stratus.hr says full name is **Family and Medical Leave Act**, as of 2026-08-04. > Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires you to provide eligible employees with unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons. Source: https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees namely.com says full name is **Family Medical Leave Act**, as of 2026-08-04. > The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires companies with 50 or more employees to offer its staff up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave. Source: https://namely.com/blog/hr-compliance-50-employees/ ### Requirement stratus.hr says requirement is **requires you to provide eligible employees with unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons**, as of 2026-08-04. > Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires you to provide eligible employees with unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons. Source: https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees namely.com says requirement is **requires companies with 50 or more employees to offer its staff up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave**, as of 2026-08-04. > The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires companies with 50 or more employees to offer its staff up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave. Source: https://namely.com/blog/hr-compliance-50-employees/ ## Source - https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees - https://namely.com/blog/hr-compliance-50-employees/ Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04. Part of [US federal employment law thresholds by employee count](https://referencesource.org/regulatory-threshold-triggers/).