§ 11A-30. Definitions.

As used in this article:

(1)

Commission shall mean the Miami-Dade County Commission on Human Rights.

(2)

Director shall mean the Director of the Miami-Dade County Commission on Human Rights or his or her designee.

(3)

Employer shall mean a person as defined in Section 11A-2(9) of this chapter which has in the regular course of business fifty (50) or more employees working in Miami-Dade County for each working day during each of twenty (20) or more calendar work weeks in the current or preceding calendar year.

(4)

Employee shall mean a person who has been employed in Miami-Dade County by the employer with whom leave is requested for at least twelve (12) months and for at least one thousand two hundred and fifty (1,250) hours of service with such employer during the previous twelve-month period.

(5)

Grandparent shall mean any grandparent of an employee for whom the employee has assumed primary financial responsibility.

(6)

All other terms shall be defined as in the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Public Law No. 103-3 (29 U.S.C. § 2611 et seq.) and any amendments thereto.

(Ord. No. 97-17, § 1, 2-25-97; Ord. No. 06-179, § 21, 12-5-06; Ord. No. 09-53, § 18, 6-30-09)