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The family and medical leave act requires certain employers to provide eligible employees with family or medical leave for any of the following reasons except

a. if the employee is unable to perform the essential functions of his or her job due to a serious health condition.
b. to go on an extended family vacation.
c. to care for a newly adopted child.
d. to care for a newly placed foster child.

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The family and medical leave act requires certain employers to provide eligible employees with family or medical leave for any of the following reasons except to go on an extended family vacation. The Option B is correct.

The Family and Medical Leave Actaims to balance the needs of employees to attend to important family and health-related matters with the requirements of employers to maintain a stable workforce.

Its requires that certain employers to provide eligible employees with family or medical leave for specific reasons. These reasons include situations related to an employee's own serious health condition, the care of a family member with a serious health condition, the birth or adoption of a child or the placement of a foster child.

But taking leave for an extended family vacation is not one of the qualifying reasons under the Act. It is designed to provide job-protected leave for significant life events and medical needs rather than leisure activities like vacations.

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