The following are U.S. Department of Labor calculations for intermittent or reduced schedule leaves:

• If an employee who normally works five days a week takes one day of leave a week, the employee uses 1/5 of a week of FMLA leave.

• If an employee who normally works 30 hours per week works only 20 hours a week under a reduced leave schedule, the employee's 10 hours of leave would equal 1/3 of a week of FMLA leave.

• If an employer made a permanent or long-term change to an employee's schedule prior to the notice of need for FMLA leave, the newly scheduled hours will be used to make this calculation.

• If an employee's schedule varies from week to week, a weekly average of the hours worked over the 12 weeks prior to the beginning of the leave period will be used for calculating the employee's normal work week.