Employers subject to the Family and Medical Leave Act (at least 50 employees) will likely see an increase—perhaps a significant increase—in employees requesting FMLA leave “for the birth or placement of a child, to care for a newborn or newly placed child, or to care for a child with a serious health condition.” Employees with no legal or biological parent-child relationship are now entitled to claim “in loco parentis” (“in the place of a parent”) status under the FMLA if they have day-to-day responsibility to care for a child. (more…)