CREA Employee Handbook (Updated 2026)

Use of Leave You will not be required to use paid leave while on Civil Air Patrol leave. However, you may elect to substitute any paid leave for the work time missed on Civil Air Patrol leave. Notice Provide as much notice as possible of your intent to take Civil Air Patrol leave. Certification The Company may ask you to provide documentation supporting your need for leave. Restoration Upon completion of leave, you must promptly notify the Company of your intent to return to work. The Company is not required to permit you to return to work if:  The Company's circumstances have so changed as to make employment impossible or unreasonable;  It would impose an undue hardship on the Company;  Your employment prior to taking leave was for a brief, nonrecurring period, and there was no reasonable expectation that your employment would continue indefinitely or for a significant period; or  The Company had legally sufficient cause to terminate you at the time you commenced leave. If you are permitted to return to work, you are entitled to:  The seniority that you had on the date leave began and any other rights and benefits that are bestowed upon you as a result of such seniority; and  Any additional seniority that you would have attained if you had remained continuously employed and any other rights and benefits that would have been bestowed upon you as a result of such seniority. After you have returned to work, you may not be terminated for a period of one year after the date you returned, except for cause. Retaliation The Company will not retaliate or discriminate against employees who request or take leave in accordance with this policy. Domestic/Sexual Violence Leave CREA, LLC will provide employees who are victims of domestic or sexual violence, or whose family or household member is a victim of domestic violence, with up to three days of unpaid leave in any 12-month period for certain qualifying reasons. Eligibility To be eligible for domestic/sexual violence leave you must have worked for the Company for at least three months. Leave Usage You may take domestic/sexual violence leave to:

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