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California enacted a family military leave act. The leave may be taken when the military spouse is on leave from deployment during military conflict. The act can be read in Section 395.10 of the California Military and Veterans Code.  The act requires employers who are covered under the act to provide up to ten days of unpaid leave to eligible employees who are spouses of deployed military service people.

Like other leave laws, employers may not retaliate or discriminate against an employee for requesting or taking family military leave.  The act applies to employers with 25 or more employees. The act defines a qualified member as a member of the United States Armed Forces who has been deployed during military conflict to an area designated as a combat by the President of the United States, or a member of the National Guard or Reserves who has been deployed during a period of military conflict. A qualified employee eligible for family military leave is an employee who has worked an average of 20 or more hours per week and is the spouse of a qualified member of the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or Reserves.