Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

31040.4.3.2 California Family Rights Act

• The California Family Rights Act (CFRA) is a State law that grants eligible employees, who have more than 12 months and 1,250 hours (during the preceding 12-month period) of service with an employer, a right to take up to 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in any 12-month period for medical leave related to a serious health condition; as well as to care for any individual related by blood or whose association with the employee is the equivalent of a family member, a family member who has a serious health condition; or bonding after the birth of a child, adoption, or foster care placement.