Originally Posted by
ChecklistMonkey
I'd have to look it up but I'm not sure the employer can tell you you can't use FMLA leave for the birth of a child.
Edit: the dept of labor employee guide says that you must give your employer 30 days notice. It makes it sound like if there is a need and you give them adequate notice, by law they cannot deny your FMLA.
If there is a medical need, then FMLA can be intermittent and is of course not limited to the first 12 months.
For baby bonding, the employer does not have to allow intermittent leave, so use it all at once or risk losing it.
Back in the day, the employer could specify when you took baby bonding leave as long as they allowed it at some point in the first year, maybe that changed.