CREA Employee Handbook - State and Local Policies (Updated …

benefits, or to obtain a claim form (Form DB-450), contact the New York State Workers' Compensation Board (www.wcb.ny.gov). Jury Duty Leave CREA, LLC encourages employees to fulfill their civic duties related to jury duty. If you are summoned for jury duty, notify your manager as soon as possible to make scheduling arrangements. If you are summoned for jury duty, you will receive your normal rate of pay for a maximum of five days. You may opt to use PTO in place of unpaid leave if your jury duty service extends beyond five days. The Company reserves the right to require employees to provide proof of jury duty service to the extent authorized by law. The Company will not retaliate against employees who request or take leave in accordance with this policy. Military Spouse Leave CREA, LLC provides up to 10 days of unpaid leave to employees who are the spouse of a military member who is home on leave during a period of military deployment.

To be eligible for military spouse leave you must:

 Work an average of 20 or more hours per week; and  Be the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, National Guard, or Reserves who has been deployed during a period of military conflict to a combat theater or combat zone of operations. A period of military conflict means a period of war declared by the U.S. Congress or a period during which a member of the Reserves is ordered to active duty under federal authority. If you need to take military spouse leave, notify your manager as soon as reasonably possible. The Company reserves the right to ask for documents supporting the need for leave. You may elect to use any available paid time off for which you are eligible under Company policy for the purpose of taking military spouse leave, and such paid time off will run concurrently with the leave afforded under this policy. The Company will not discriminate or retaliate against employees who request or take leave in accordance with this policy. Paid Family Leave New York's Paid Family Leave (PFL) program provides eligible employees with job-protected, paid time off to:  Bond with a newly born, adopted, or foster child.  Care for a family member with a serious health condition.  Assist in situations when a spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent is deployed abroad on active military service.

Eligibility

Eligible employees may take PFL leave as follows:

 If you work full time (a regular schedule of 20 or more hours per week), you are eligible after 26 consecutive weeks of employment.  If you work part time (a regular schedule of less than 20 hours per week), you are eligible after working 175 days, which do not need to be consecutive. Amount of Benefit You will be provided up to 12 weeks of leave at 67 percent of your weekly pay (capped at 67 percent of statewide average pay).

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