FMLA Eligibility and Leave End Date Calculator

How to do it

1. 1
   Enter your service

   Type your months with the employer and hours worked in the last 12 months.

2. 2
   Enter the employer size

   Enter the number of employees within 75 miles of your worksite.

3. 3
   Enter the leave start

   Choose the first day of leave, the type and your leave pattern.

4. 4
   Add weeks already used

   Subtract any FMLA weeks used in the same 12-month period.

5. 5
   Read the dates

   See whether you are eligible and when the leave ends and you return.

About this tool

The Family and Medical Leave Act gives eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave a year for certain family and medical reasons, and 26 weeks for caring for a covered service member. To be eligible you must have worked for the employer for at least 12 months, for at least 1,250 hours in the last 12 months, at a worksite where the employer has 50 or more employees within 75 miles. This tool checks the three tests and, if you are eligible, works out the last day of your leave and your return date, including a reduced schedule.

Who this is for Employees planning leave for a new baby, a serious health condition or caring for a family member, HR staff who answer these questions and managers who plan coverage. It is a planning tool and not a legal determination.

The three eligibility tests First, 12 months with the employer, which need not be consecutive in some cases. Second, at least 1,250 hours of work in the 12 months before the leave starts, which is about 24 hours a week. Third, a worksite with at least 50 employees within 75 miles. Meeting these makes you eligible; the leave must also be for a qualifying reason, and the employer must be a covered employer.

Calculating the end date Full-time leave of 12 weeks starting on a given day ends 84 days later. If you take leave on a reduced schedule, for example working two days a week and taking leave for the other three, only the leave hours count against your 12 weeks, so the leave runs longer on the calendar. The tool turns your pattern into a share of the week used and extends the end date. You can enter the weeks already used in the current 12-month period.

The leave year Employers choose how the 12-month period is set: calendar year, fixed year, or rolling backward from the leave date. Ask your employer which method applies, because it decides how many weeks you have left.

Worked example An employee with 18 months of service, 1,600 hours worked and an employer of 120 employees is eligible. Leave starting on November 30, 2026 for 12 full-time weeks ends on February 21, 2027, and the return date is Monday, February 22. If the same person takes leave only three days a week, 12 weeks of leave take 20 calendar weeks and the end date is in April 2027.

Limits State laws may give more leave or cover smaller employers. Certification, notice and benefits rules are not included. This tool is educational, not legal advice.

Worked example

An employee with 18 months of service, 1,600 hours and an employer of 120 employees is eligible; 12 weeks of full-time leave from November 30, 2026 ends on February 21, 2027.