Have been continuously employed with the Company for at least one year; and Work at least 30 hours per week on average. Reasons for Leave You may take up to 12 weeks of leave in a 12-month period for the following reasons: Family leave. This is leave for your own or a family member’s serious health condition. Parental leave. This is leave for: o Your own pregnancy; o Your own recovery from childbirth or miscarriage; o The birth of your child, or to care for or bond with the child within one year of the child’s birth; or o The initial placement of a child 18 years of age or younger with you for the purposes of adoption or foster care, and to care for or bond with the child within one year after the placement for adoption or foster care. Bereavement leave. This is leave to address the death of a family member within one year of the family member’s death. Bereavement leave includes time taken in relation to the administration or settlement of the deceased family member’s estate. Safe leave. This is leave for the following reasons if you or your family member is a victim, or alleged victim, of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking: o To seek or obtain medical care, counseling, or social or legal services; o To recover from injuries; Qualifying exigency leave. This is leave for specific reasons when a family member, who is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, is on covered active duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to covered active duty. Family member means: Your child (including biological, adopted, foster, or step child; legal ward; a child of your spouse or domestic partner; a child to whom you stand in loco parentis, regardless of documentation; an individual to whom you stood in loco parentis when the individual was under 18 years of age; or any individual for whom you provide caregiving responsibilities similar to those in a parent-child relationship); Your legal spouse (regardless of state), civil union partner, or domestic partner; Your or your spouse’s or partner’s (as described just above) parents, regardless of whether the relationship is biological, foster, adoptive, or step; Your or your spouse’s or partner’s legal guardian; A person who stands in loco parentis to you or who stood in loco parentis when you or your spouse or partner was under 18 years of age; or Your or your spouse’s or partner’s grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, regardless of whether the relationship is biological, foster, adoptive, or step. Usage The total amount of leave, for any reason or combination of reasons, under the PFLA is 12 weeks in any 12- month period. Regarding bereavement leave: o To participate in safety planning; o To relocate or secure safe housing; o To respond to a fatality or near fatality; or o To meet with a state’s attorney or law enforcement officer.
You may take up to two weeks of leave out of the total 12 weeks available under the PFLA; and
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