Question $8$

$2\mathrm{.}5$ pts

A part$-$time employee for a local government agency with five employees applies for medical leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act $($FMLA$)$ to care for her parent who broke her hip and is now unable to walk. The employee has worked for her employer for seventeen months and has worked $1,052$ hours over the past twelve months.

The HR manager for the local government denies the leave request. What is the best reason why the leave denial was legal under the FMLA?

$$ Because part$-$time employees are not covered under the FMLA

Because only private sector firms are covered under the FMLA

Because the employee only worked $1,052$ hours over the past twelve months.

Because an employee's parent's serious medical conditions is not a valid reason to take FMLA leave