Single Mother Fired for Staying Home With Her Son When Schools Closed for Subzero Weather

[Donald Ian Rankin]

27. That looks like the same terms, but I'm still not sure which bit applies.

It says eligible employees are entitled to:

Twelve workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for:

*the birth of a child and to care for the newborn child within one year of birth;
*the placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care and to care for the newly placed child within one year of placement;
*to care for the employee’s spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition;
*a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of his or her job;
any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that the employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a covered military member on “covered active duty;” or

Twenty-six workweeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness if the eligible employee is the servicemember’s spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin (military caregiver leave).


Unless the unspecified "special needs" qualifies as a "serious health condition" - which it may do, but would surprise me - then I don't see which bit applies.