FMLA Eligibility Calculator

FMLA eligibility hinges on three independent tests drawn directly from the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. § 2611), the federal law Congress passed that year to guarantee eligible workers job-protected leave, and this calculator checks all three explicitly: your employer must have 50 or more employees within 75 miles, you must have worked for that employer at least 12 months, and you must have logged at least 1,250 hours in the 12 months immediately before your leave request. Each test contributes roughly a third of a 100-point eligibility score (34/33/33), so a partial score tells you which criterion you're failing, not a fuzzy "maybe." You only qualify for actual leave — up to the statutory maximum of 12 weeks per year — if all three tests pass; failing any one zeroes out your approved weeks in this model, since FMLA has no partial-eligibility fallback in the underlying law either. Because FMLA leave itself is unpaid unless your employer voluntarily offers pay, the calculator computes your gross income loss as weekly pay times approved weeks, then nets out a state paid-family-leave benefit if you flag one as available, applying a flat 60% wage-replacement estimate representative of programs in states like California, New Jersey, and New York (actual state formulas vary and are usually capped, so treat this as directional).

If you don't yet qualify, the hours-shortfall and months-shortfall outputs tell you exactly how much more time or how many more hours you need before requesting leave. This is an eligibility screen, not legal advice — always confirm status with HR or an employment attorney.