21.   But California did have a pregnancy disability law requiring companies with five or more employees to provide four months of unpaid leave to employees who are disabled by pregnancy.

22.   But some workers said they had been told it would be considered unpaid leave.

23.   Carey, on unpaid leave, denied the allegations against him.

24.   Carey, who has denied any wrongdoing, is currently on an unpaid leave, as he mounts his defense.

25.   Chiames, the Airline spokesman, said AMR set up a hotline and notified workers that they would be placed on unpaid emergency leave if a strike is called.

26.   Clinton, during his first year in office, sponsored legislation providing up to one-year unpaid leave for employees with ailing family members or new children.

27.   Currently, the law requires businesses to allow employees up to one year of unpaid leave after the birth of a baby or for a critical family illness.

28.   Davis ended up taking an unpaid leave to concentrate on sailing the Europe dinghy.

29.   Dole last week had criticized the act, which allows people to take unpaid leave from work to care for an ill child or relative.

30.   Employers have some leeway in determining what constitutes a year for purposes of unpaid leave.