Military Caregiver Leave Entitlements. Subscribers who need to provide care for injured service members may also be eligible for FMLA as follows. FMLA leave for this purpose is called “military caregiver leave”. Military caregiver leave allows an eligible Subscriber who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent or next of kin of a covered service member with a serious injury or illness to take up to a total of 26 workweeks of unpaid leave during a single 12-month period to provide care for the service member. A covered service member is a current member of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or Reserves, who is receiving medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy, or is in outpatient status, or is on the temporary disability retired list for a serious injury or illness.
