Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
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The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 is a U.S. federal law that guarantees eligible employees unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons, such as childbirth, adoption, or serious health conditions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 canonical | 5 |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 3 |
| FMLA | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1440351 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 Context triple: [Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, relatedTo, Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993]
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Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 is a U.S. federal law that prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, requiring pregnant workers to be treated the same as others similar in ability or inability to work.
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Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) is a U.S. federal law that, among other provisions, allows workers and their families to continue employer-sponsored health insurance coverage for a limited time after job loss or other qualifying events.
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C.
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is a landmark U.S. welfare reform law that overhauled federal assistance programs by imposing work requirements, time limits on benefits, and greater state control over welfare policy.
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D.
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985
The Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985 are U.S. federal legislative changes that, among other provisions, clarified and modified wage, hour, and overtime rules—particularly for public sector employees—under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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E.
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977
The Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 were U.S. federal legislative changes that updated wage and hour protections, including raising the minimum wage and expanding coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 Target entity description: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 is a U.S. federal law that guarantees eligible employees unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons, such as childbirth, adoption, or serious health conditions.
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A.
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 is a U.S. federal law that prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, requiring pregnant workers to be treated the same as others similar in ability or inability to work.
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B.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) is a U.S. federal law that, among other provisions, allows workers and their families to continue employer-sponsored health insurance coverage for a limited time after job loss or other qualifying events.
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C.
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is a landmark U.S. welfare reform law that overhauled federal assistance programs by imposing work requirements, time limits on benefits, and greater state control over welfare policy.
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D.
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985
The Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985 are U.S. federal legislative changes that, among other provisions, clarified and modified wage, hour, and overtime rules—particularly for public sector employees—under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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E.
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977
The Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 were U.S. federal legislative changes that updated wage and hour protections, including raising the minimum wage and expanding coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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employment law ⓘ labor law ⓘ |
| additionalMilitaryCaregiverLeaveEntitlement | 26 workweeks per 12-month period ⓘ |
| administeredBy | United States Department of Labor ⓘ |
| annualLeaveEntitlement | 12 workweeks per 12-month period ⓘ |
| appliesToEmployerSize | 50 or more employees within 75 miles ⓘ |
| appliesToSector |
private-sector employers meeting size threshold
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public agencies ⓘ public and private elementary and secondary schools ⓘ |
| benefitProtection | maintenance of group health insurance coverage ⓘ |
| codifiedIn |
United States Code Title 29
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surface form:
Title 29 of the United States Code
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| codifiedSections | 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| coveredReasonForLeave |
birth of a child
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care for a child with a serious health condition ⓘ care for a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness ⓘ care for a parent with a serious health condition ⓘ care for a spouse with a serious health condition ⓘ certain military family exigencies ⓘ employee’s own serious health condition ⓘ placement of a child for adoption ⓘ placement of a child for foster care ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1993-08-05 ⓘ |
| employeeEligibilityRequirement |
12 months of employment
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at least 1,250 hours of service in the previous 12 months ⓘ |
| enactedBy | 103rd United States Congress ⓘ |
| enforcementAgency | Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ |
| exemption | certain key employees may be denied reinstatement under specific conditions ⓘ |
| jobRestorationRight | restoration to same or equivalent position ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| languageOfDocument | English ⓘ |
| leaveProtection | job-protected leave ⓘ |
| leaveType | unpaid leave ⓘ |
| legislativeHistory | vetoed twice by President George H. W. Bush before enactment under President Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| publicLawNumber | Public Law 103-3 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of families
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to entitle employees to take reasonable leave for medical reasons ⓘ to entitle employees to take reasonable leave for the birth or adoption of a child ⓘ to promote equal employment opportunity for men and women ⓘ to promote the stability and economic security of families ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
parental leave
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sick leave ⓘ work–life balance ⓘ |
| shortName |
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
FMLA
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| signedBy | Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1993-02-05 ⓘ |
| statutesAtLargeCitation | 107 Stat. 6 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
employment standards
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family leave ⓘ medical leave ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 Description of subject: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 is a U.S. federal law that guarantees eligible employees unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons, such as childbirth, adoption, or serious health conditions.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wage and Hour Division
this entity surface form:
Family and Medical Leave Act
this entity surface form:
Family and Medical Leave Act
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
→
shortName
→
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
FMLA
Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs
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legalSubject
→
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
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this entity surface form:
Family and Medical Leave Act
Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs
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legalProvisionInterpreted
→
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
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