Family & Medical Leave. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides certain employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. It also requires that their group health benefits be maintained during the leave.
A Ship of War, Cyclopaedia 1728, Vol 2. The Age of Sail (usually dated as 1571â1862) was a period roughly corresponding to the early modern period in which international trade and naval warfare were dominated by sailing ships, lasting from the 16th to the mid-19th century.
In sailing, a full-rigged brig is a vessel with two square rigged masts (fore and main). The main mast of a brig is the aft one. To improve maneuverability, the mainmast carries a small (gaff rigged) fore-and-aft sail. The brig USS Somers, sunk in the Mexican-American War. 2  HMS Beagle was built as a brig (1820) for the Royal Navy. 3  She was deployed as a survey vessel to survey the coasts of South America, Australia, and Africa.