result in coverage being terminated and/or missed premiums being deducted from your paycheck retroactively when you return from leave. Associate Responsibilities for FMLA Leave on an Intermittent or Reduced Schedule Basis If you need to work an intermittent or reduced schedule for one of the following reasons, your responsibilities are outlined below. • Your own serious health condition or work-related injury or illness • To care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition • For bonding after birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child • For a qualified military exigency • To care for a covered service member 1. Notify your Manager of the need to work an intermittent or reduced schedule as far in advance as possible under the circumstances. If your reason for intermittent leave is to attend appointments for your own or a family member’s serious health condition, please work with your Manager to schedule appointments around work hours as much as possible to minimize hardship to the business 2. If you have not already notified the Benefits department of your need for intermittent FMLA leave, you will first need to submit a Leave of Absence Request on AccessMAA. Review the information, then complete and submit the form at the bottom. 3. Contact Unum at https://portal.unum.com or call 866-868-6737 to request an intermittent leave of absence under FMLA. 4. Regardless of whether your intermittent leave under FMLA has been approved by Unum , you must follow your Manager’s normal call -in procedures to report your absence each day and inform your Manager as to whether or not the absence is related to your reason for requesting intermittent FMLA. 5. When you are contacted by Unum, either by phone or by letter, you must act quickly on any instruction or requests made by Unum to ensure timely processing of your leave request. It is your responsibility to ensure the required documentation is received by Lincoln Financial Group on or before the due date or your leave request may be delayed or denied. We recommend that you contact Unum prior to the due date to confirm your documentation was received. If your intermittent leave request under FMLA is denied by Unum, your absence will be subject to MAA’s Attendance and Reporting to Work policy, which may result in disciplinary action and/or termination. 6. You must complete the FMLA Intermittent Leave Time Tracking Report (provided by Unum) for the hours you are absent from work due to the reason that is approved by Unum under intermittent FMLA. In addition, you must have your manager sign the report and send the report to Unum at the fax number or email address provided on the form. Absences must be reported to Lincoln Financial
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