The term paternal grandparents refers to the grandparents on the father's side of a person's family tree. According to Dictionary.com, a person's paternal grandparents are his father's parents.
Requirements around employee benefits are first based on the number of full-time employees a company has. If the company is an Applicable Large Employer (ALE), an hourly employee becomes eligible for benefits if the number of hours they work meets or surpasses full-time work. The Affordable Care Act and the IRS define a full-time employee as one who works at least 30 hours a week or 130 hours a month on average. Employees who will be working full-time should be offered benefits based on the company's Waiting Period.
Comment: The eligibility requirement that an employee has worked 1250 hours in the 12 months immediately preceding the commencement of leave is strictly enforced. The case illustrates the type of arguments employees can try to make where the employer claims that the employee has not worked the requisite 1250 hours.