Family and Medical Leave
» Family and Medical Leave, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2004
If respondent GRANTED the last employee request for a short period of time off for a personal matter AND the request did not involve an emergency.
6b. Did the employee ask at least 72 hours before the time was needed?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | 44 | ||
| 2 | No | 50 | ||
| 3 | DK/Refuse | 6 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 543 | |||
Notes: Forty-four (44) percent of small employers who granted the most recent non-emergency request for short-term personal leave indicate that the employee asked at least 72 hours in advance (Q#6b).

