Terms Related to Family Leave

• Parental Leave

  The authorized absence from work of either parent prior to and after the birth of their child. It includes also absence because of the illness ...

• Single Step-Parent

  A natural, adoptive, or substitute parent of a dependent child, who lives with only one parent. The single parent may live with or visit the ...

• Family Member

  A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.

• Single Parents

  A natural, adoptive, or substitute parent of a dependent child, who lives with only one parent. The single parent may live with or visit the ...