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family leave  

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  • Family leave is a policy providing employees a job-protected leave from employment during a period of unusually demanding family responsibilities. The main reasons for family leave are the arrival of a new child or the serious illness of a child, spouse, or parent. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Family Leave]

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