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The requirement in sec. 103.10(2)(c), Stats., that an employee be employed by the same employer for more than 52 consecutive weeks during the preceding 52-week period must be liberally construed. The 52 consecutive weeks need not be the weeks immediately preceding those in which the employee requests family or medical leave. Butzlaff v. Wis. Pers. Comm'n, 166 Wis. 2d 1028, 480 N.W.2d 559 (Ct. App. 1992).
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