Your family just adopted a baby girl who is a bundle of joy. You went all out and during your "Weekend Warrior" activities injured yourself - surgery/rehabilitation is in your near future. Unfortunately you have been diagnosed with a chronic illness require intermittent treatment. In all of these scenarios, you must miss work and you are worried about losing your job as a result. This article will address the Who, What, When, Where and How of one source of job protection, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), that will allow you to focus on your recovery and get back to your job when you are fit to do so. What is the FMLA? The FMLA protects an employee’s job in certain situations when absences are necessary due to medically-related reasons. Under the FMLA, (including provisions under the National Defense Authorization Act) an employee who meets certain criteria, as described more fully below, can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid lea...