♦ CALIFORNIA FAMILY RIGHTS ACT (CFRA) LEAVE – UNPAID

The California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”) is a California state program that is virtually identical to another type of leave referred to below, the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), which is available under federal law. Employees who have completed at least 12 months of employment with the University and worked at least 1,250 hours in the last 12 months, are eligible for CFRA leave. CFRA leave alone is available to qualified Employees (1) to care for a an Employee’s spouse, child parent, sibling, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, registered domestic partner, child of a registered domestic partner, or adult child (regardless of dependency) who has a serious health condition; (2) bonding with a newborn or placement of a child with an Employee for adoption or foster care; (e) for qualified exigency leave of a spouse, registered domestic partner, child or parent, who is active duty or has been called to active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States; or (4) for an Employee’s own serious health condition prohibiting the Employee from working except when leave is taken by a female Employee as a result of her disability from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition. CFRA leave runs concurrently with FMLA leave when CFRA leave also qualifies for FMLA leave, except when leave is taken by a female Employee as a result of her disability from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions which, in that case, CFRA leave would follow FMLA leave.