These symptoms can begin as early as shortly after and as late as weeks after consumption of the contaminated food. Time and temperature control plays a critical role in food safety. To prevent time-temperature abuse, the amount of time food spends in the danger zone must be minimized. A logarithmic relationship exists between microbial cell death and temperature: a significantly large number of cells may survive slightly lower temperatures.
Special leave entitlement, through FMLA, allows employees, who are eligible, to take a maximum of 26 weeks of leave to take care of a family member who is a covered service member during a single 12-month period. A covered service member is someone who is either:
Your company is correct. FMLA is for the care of immediate family which is defined as child, parent, sibling. It does not allow for aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins etc. The DOL website specifically states that FMLA for grandparents falls under the employer's leave policy but is not covered by FMLA protection.