The California Highway Patrol (CHP) violated the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) when it fired a worker in 2014 after he took leave to care for his adult sister, a California appeals court ruled. The employee was entitled to take family leave because he stood “in loco parentis” to his sister, the court said.
In 2014, the CFRA did not cover an employee’s leave of absence to care for a sibling. At that time, however, an employee was entitled to take leave to care for an adult dependent, including one to whom the employee stood in loco parentis.
