Retaliation
The Company will not discriminate or retaliate against employees who request or take leave under this policy. Family Leave Insurance New Jersey's Family Leave Insurance (FLI) program provides eligible employees with up to 12 weeks (or up to 56 days for intermittent leave) of partial wage replacement benefits in a 12-month period during periods of unemployment for time taken: To care for or bond with a newborn child during the first 12 months after the child's birth. You, your domestic partner, or your civil union partner must be the baby's biological parent, or you must be the parent of the child pursuant to a valid gestational carrier agreement. To care for or bond with an adopted child or a child placed into foster care with you during the first 12 months after the child's placement. To care for a family member with a serious health condition. To care for a victim of domestic violence or a sexually violent offence or for a victim's family member. Where a state of emergency is declared by the Governor or is considered necessary by the Commissioner of Health or other public health authority, due to an epidemic of a communicable disease, a known or suspected exposure to the communicable disease, or efforts to prevent spread of a communicable disease, which: o Requires in-home care or treatment of your child due to the closure of the school or place of care, by order of a public official due to the epidemic, or other public health emergency; o Prompts the issuance by a public health authority of a determination, including by mandatory quarantine, requiring or imposing responsive or prophylactic measures as a result of illness caused by the epidemic or exposure because the presence of a family member for whom you provide care would jeopardize the health of others in the community; or o Results in the recommendation of a health care provider or public health authority that a family member for whom you provide care voluntarily undergo self-quarantine as a result of suspected exposure to a communicable disease because the presence in the community would jeopardize the health of others.
As used in this policy:
Family member means your child, parent, parent-in-law, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, spouse, domestic partner, civil union partner, and any other person related by blood to you or with whom you have a close association that is the equivalent of a family relationship. Child means your biological, adopted, foster, or step child; your legal ward; or a child of your domestic partner or civil union partner. A child gained by way of a valid written contract between the parent and a surrogate (gestational carrier) is included in this definition. To be eligible for FLI coverage you must have worked for 20 or more calendar weeks in covered New Jersey employment and meet the minimum wage requirements of the state plan. FLI provides a monetary benefit and is financed by worker payroll deductions. The FLI program does not offer a leave entitlement, and employees taking FLI-covered leave are not guaranteed job restoration under the FLI program. You may use any paid sick leave, vacation time, or other leave made available by CREA, LLC before using FLI. FLI benefits may run concurrently with leave taken under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act or the New Jersey Family Leave Act where applicable. To claim FLI benefits for leave taken to bond with a newborn or newly adopted or fostered child on a single continuous, non-intermittent basis, you must provide your manager with at least 30 days' notice prior to beginning the family leave. Failure to provide this notice may result in a 14-day reduction in your maximum FLI benefits entitlement for the 12-month period, unless the need for leave time is
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