I live and work in Pennsylvania. I'm having back surgery and need to be away from work for 8-10 weeks I informed my employer. It is a non work related issue. I've been with the company 4-5 months. HR informed me that I don't qualify for an FMLA leave, any disability,or any protected leave. It's come to the point it seems as though I'm being forced to resign. Do I have any other options? I don't wanna quit and ruin my chances of unemployment if that's even a possibility? Could I collect unemployment? My next step was going to request "Since I do not qualify for a protected leave I would like to be approved for a non fmla medical leave of absence." Anyone have thoughts or ideas?