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How does the Colorado Family Care Act (CFCA) work?

Your guide to unpaid, job-protected leave in Colorado

 

Quick answer
 The Colorado Family Care Act (CFCA) applies to employers with 50 or more employees. Eligible employees receive up to 12 workweeks of unpaid, job- and benefit-protected leave in a 12-month period for qualifying events like their own serious health condition, caring for a family member, bonding with a new child, or a military-related qualifying exigency. It also provides up to 26 workweeks in a 12-month period to care for a covered service member with a serious injury or illness.

Who this applies to / Prerequisites

  • Employers with 50 or more employees.
  • Employees must have worked at least 12 months prior to the start of leave and at least 1,250 hours in the previous 12 months. (Different rules apply for airline flight crew employees.)

Key facts

  1. CFCA provides up to 12 workweeks of unpaid leave with job and benefit protection per 12-month period for: the employee's own serious health condition (including pregnancy); caring for a family member with a serious health condition, including pregnancy; the birth of a child and bonding within a year of birth; the placement of a child for adoption or foster care and bonding within a year of placement; or a qualifying military exigency involving the employee's child, parent, or spouse.
  2. CFCA defines "family member" as a child, parent, spouse, partner in a civil union, or domestic partner.
  3. CFCA provides up to 26 workweeks of unpaid, job- and benefit-protected leave in a 12-month period to care for a covered service member with a serious injury or illness, if the employee is the service member's child, parent, spouse, or next of kin.
  4. CFCA runs concurrently with FMLA and CO FAMLI when applicable.

What if it doesn't work

  • I'm not sure if I meet the hours/tenure requirement: Contact your Leave Success Manager to confirm your eligibility.
  • If none of these apply, contact your Leave Success Manager (employees) or Customer Success Manager (HR teams).

Limits and exceptions

  • CFCA leave is unpaid.
  • Employers must have 50 or more employees for CFCA to apply.
  • Different eligibility rules apply for airline flight crew employees.

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