---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 825.203"
title: "29"
number: "825.203"
heading: "Scheduling of intermittent or reduced schedule leave."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/825.203"
---

# §825.203. Scheduling of intermittent or reduced schedule leave.


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 [§ 825.202](/cfr/29/825.202.md). 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.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 2654; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701.

### Source

Source: 78 FR 8902, Feb. 6, 2013, unless otherwise noted.