Immediate Family Member

Modified: July 18, 2025

includes spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, sister, stepsister, brother, stepbrother, grandparent, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, others who reside in the same household with the employee, including a domestic partner, or a person in loco parentis (i.e., a person who is acting in place of the employee's parent or who is in the care of an employee acting in place of a parent). Qualification for FMLA follows Policy 4-15 Family and Medical Leave Act’s eligibility requirement and does not follow the eligibility requirement under policy 4-35.