Are employees of employers who are covered by the FMLA automatically eligible to receive FMLA leave?
No. In order to be eligible to receive FMLA leave, the employee must: (1) have worked for the covered employer for a period of at least 12 months (although not necessarily consecutively); (2) have worked a total of 1,250 hours immediately preceding the commencement of the leave; and (3) be employed at a worksite at which 50 or more employees of the covered employer are employed within a 75 mile radius.
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