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CACI No. 2601

Eligibility

activein force · 2025-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

To show that [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun] was eligible for [family care/

medical] leave, [name of plaintiff] must prove all of the following:

1. That [name of plaintiff] was an employee of [name of defendant];

[2. That [name of defendant] directly employed five or more

employees for a wage or salary;]

3. That at the time [name of plaintiff] [requested/began] leave, [he/

she/nonbinary pronoun] had more than 12 months of service with

[name of defendant] and had worked at least 1,250 hours for [name

of defendant] during the previous 12 months; and

4. That at the time [name of plaintiff] [requested/began] leave [name

of plaintiff] had taken no more than 12 weeks of family care or

medical leave in the 12-month period [define period].

New September 2003; Revised June 2011, May 2021

Provenance

Source
courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
caci-2025
Content hash
4273dd5e4b9eaed17817973e2f230a29963edabb920935ef1e4565b56aca9a0f
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