Is an employee eligible for CFRA or FMLA leave to care for a pregnant daughter?
An employee may take Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) or California Family Rights Act (CFRA) leave for a serious health condition involving the employee's child. The CFRA defines child to include a biological, adopted or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, a child of an employee or the employee's domestic partner, or a person to whom the employee stands in loco parentis The FMLA definition is similar to the CFRA, but there are important differences. The FMLA doesn’t cover children of domestic partners and, most notably, the FMLA only covers adult children (age 18 or older) if the adult child is incapable of self-care due to a disability.
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