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29 C.F.R. § 825.203Scheduling of intermittent or reduced schedule leave

What this section is. § 825.203 is part of the Family and Medical Leave Act regulations (29 C.F.R. Part 825) and governs Scheduling of intermittent or reduced schedule leave. 8 court opinions applying it are listed below, each verified against the opinion's own text and linked to the full decision.
The rule begins: “Eligible employees may take FMLA leave on an intermittent or reduced schedule basis when medically necessary due to the serious health condition of a covered family member or the employee or the serious injury or illness of a covered servicemember.”

The regulation, in full

Eligible employees may take FMLA leave on an intermittent or reduced schedule basis when medically necessary due to the serious health condition of a covered family member or the employee or the serious injury or illness of a covered servicemember. See ยง 825.202. Eligible employees may also take FMLA leave on an intermittent or reduced schedule basis when necessary because of a qualifying exigency. If an employee needs leave intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule for planned medical treatment, then the employee must make a reasonable effort to schedule the treatment so as not to disrupt unduly the employer's operations.

Verbatim from the eCFR, title 29, section 825.203, current as of 2026-07-29. Read it at the official source: ecfr.gov →

Court opinions applying § 825.203

Each opinion below was checked against its own text: the citation appears in a C.F.R. context and the opinion discusses the FMLA. Cases that merely contained the number were dropped.

CaseCourtDecided
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen v. Union Pacific RailroadDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois2007-10-16
Barger v. Jackson, Tennessee Hospital Co.District Court, W.D. Tennessee2015-03-13
Hegre v. Alberto-Culver USA, Inc.District Court, S.D. Georgia2007-04-23
Randolph v. Grange Mutual Casualty Co.Ohio Court of Appeals2009-12-22
Brown v. Eastern Maine Medical CenterDistrict Court, D. Maine2007-10-15
McClain v. Detroit Entertainment, L.L.C.District Court, E.D. Michigan2006-09-28
Adams v. Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit2004-05-19
Barron v. RunyonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia1998-07-07

Opinions hosted by CourtListener, a free public service of the non-profit Free Law Project. Court opinions are public-domain works of the United States.

General legal information, not legal advice. This page reproduces a federal regulation and lists decisions that cite it. It does not tell you how any rule applies to your situation, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Regulations change and courts read them differently across circuits — confirm the current text at ecfr.gov and talk to a licensed attorney in your state.