IQVIA Benefits Handbook
MEDICAL LEAVE/FMLA
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows you to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job- and benefits-protected leave during a 12-month period for specific medical and/or family reasons. In addition, you may be eligible for up to 26 weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period to care for a family member wounded in military service.
The following reasons qualify for family medical leave:
  • Birth of your child, or the placement of a child for adoption or foster care in your home.
  • Care for an immediate family member (your spouse, child or parent) with a serious health condition.
  • Your inability to work because of a serious health condition.
  • Qualifying exigencies arising from a family member's call to active military service.
  • Care for a family member wounded in active military service.
Going on Leave
You must give 30 days advance notice to IQVIA if your leave is foreseeable. If you cannot give 30 days notice, you should provide as much notice as possible.
While on Leave
If you are on leave because of a family member's or your own health condition, you may be asked to provide medical proof of that condition periodically.
Your Health Care Plan coverage will continue as long as you make any required contributions.
When You Return to Work
When you return from an FMLA leave, you will be restored to your original or an equivalent position, with equivalent pay, benefits and other employment terms as if you had not taken the leave.
If you are on Family Medical leave for your own health, IQVIA will require a medical release from your doctor before you can return to work.
If You Do Not Return to Work
If you do not come back to work when your leave ends, you will be eligible to continue health care coverage through the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA). The date you should have returned to work will be the date your coverage is considered to end for determining COBRA coverage.
See the COBRA section for details.