Family Leave Act of 1991

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Family Leave Act of 1991 - Title I: General Requirements for Family Leave - Entitles employees to unpaid family leave for specified periods in cases involving the birth or adoption of a child. Requires the eligible employee to exhaust all accrued sick leave, vacation leave, or other paid leave before using such family leave. Reduces the ten consecutive weeks of unpaid family leave entitlement by the amount of such substituted paid leave. Requires the eligible employee to notify the employer of intent to use leave and to return to work. Sets forth employment and benefits protections relating to such leave. Allows employers to require medical certification that an employee can resume work. Permits an employer to deny restoration of position to certain highly compensated employees in certain circumstances. Reduces certain health care continuation coverage if an employee fails to return to work after such leave. Permits more protective, and prohibits less protective, maternity benefits than this Act requires under a collective bargaining agreement or employment benefit program or plan. Provides that: (1) this Act does not preempt State or local laws that require more extensive maternit…