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Define: Family Medical Emergency

The meaning of “Family Medical Emergency” differs based on where it is used. We list many below, then combine them into one or more market-standard definitions.

How is Family Medical Emergency defined in a legal contract?

  • Family Medical Emergency means the following circumstances: the death of an employee's spouse, if the employee has dependent children living in the same home at the time of the spouse's death; a life-threatening or serious illness or injury of the spouse or a dependent child of the employee requiring long-term medical treatment; or another family-related emergency that significantly impacts the employee's ability to perform their job on a long-term basis. Seen in 1 SEC filing.

Note: pulled this data out of the SEC EDGAR Database of 500,000 records from the past 22 years of filings. We regularly update this page as new filings and definitions come in.

yourself to verify these results. We are always keen to point people to source documents.

Which definition should you use?

🤔 has combined and improved the above descriptions to create market-standard 'Genie definitions' below, with guidance on which documents and which industry to use for each.

Genie Definition 1

  • Family Medical Emergency means the death of an employee's spouse or severe health issue affecting either their spouse or dependent child.

Relevant Contract Types

Relevant Circumstances

  • Employee's spouse or dependent child experiencing a health crisis
  • Death of an employee's spouse

Relevant Sectors

pulled this data out of the SEC EDGAR Database of 500,000 records from the past 22 years of filings. We regularly update this page as new filings and definitions come in.

yourself to verify these results. We are always keen to point people to source documents.

Genie Definition 2

  • Family Medical Emergency means a family-related incident significantly impacting an employee's long-term job performance.

Relevant Contract Types

Relevant Circumstances

  • Family circumstances that result in a significant impact on the employee's ability to work for an extended period.

Relevant Sectors

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Family Medical Emergency means the death of an employee's spouse or severe health issue affecting either their spouse or dependent child

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