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FMLA covers serious health conditions. But what about clinical trials for serious health conditions?

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arlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor issued an opinion letter concluding that, under certain circumstances, an employee may use leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to treat a serious health condition when treatment is provided as part of a clinical tri

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e why. Actually, before we do that, let’s define

some terms: A clinical trial is a research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively assigned to one or more interventions (which may include placebo or other control) to evaluate the effects of those interventions on health-related biomedical or behavioral outcomes. A

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