A part-time employee is entitled to intermittent leave on a pro rata basis of the normally scheduled
hours of work per week.
If an employee is normally scheduled to work 30 hours a week, the intermittent hours are calculated
based on 30 hours multiplied by the number of weeks to which they are entitled. In this example the
entitlement would be as follows:
FMLA: 12 workweeks (30 hours each) in each 12-month period is 360 hours of entitlement to be
used on an intermittent basis.
AFLA: 18 workweeks (30 hours each) in a 24-month period for medical leave is 540 hours of
entitlement to be used on an intermittent basis.
If the part-time employee’s schedule varies week to week, a weekly average of the hours worked over
the 12 months prior to the beginning of the leave period is used for calculating the employee’s
normal workweek.
