Blog Posts Find a Dallas employment attorney for FMLA The Family Medical Leave Act is a federal law that protects the rights of employees to up to twelve weeks of medical leave within a twelve month period for treatment of a serious medical condition. FMLA protects not only the right to a single continuous leave period; FMLA also protects the right to take intermittent leave. Intermittent leave allows employees to take FMLA-protected leave in small leave periods... Read more. If you sustained injuries in an accident on or off the job, you may need FMLA leave for your injuries and treatment. Let your car accident attorney know if you run into problems with an FMLA request due to your accident.