DCFMLA for Military Families. 1. After one year of continuous employment, regular full-time employees, regular part- time employees, Special Project employees, or Fixed-Term employees who worked at least 1250 hours in the 12-month period immediately preceding the leave are eligible for up to 26 weeks of leave within a consecutive 12-month period due to a "qualifying exigency" arising from the fact that the employee's spouse, son, daughter or parent is on (or has been called to) active duty in the Armed Forces during deployment to a foreign country.
