Maintenance of Benefits
During an approved VESSA leave, the Company will maintain your health benefits as if you continue to be actively employed. If you choose not to return to work at the end of the leave period, you must reimburse the Company for the cost of any health benefit premiums paid to maintain your coverage during the leave, unless you cannot return to work because of continuation, reoccurrence, or onset of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence or other circumstances beyond your control.
Retaliation
The CREA, LLC will not retaliate against employees who request or take leave in accordance with this policy. Family Military Leave CREA, LLC will provide eligible employees who are the spouse, parent, child, or grandparent of a person called to military service with up to 30 days of unpaid military family leave during the time federal or state deployment orders are in effect.
Eligibility
To be eligible for leave, you must:
Have been employed by the Company for at least 12 months; Have worked for the Company for at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period immediately preceding the leave; and Be the spouse, parent, child, or grandparent of a person called to military service lasting longer than 30 days with the state or the United States pursuant to orders of the Governor or the President.
Notice and Certification
If you are taking family military leave for five or more consecutive workdays, you must provide at least 14 days' advance notice of the intended date to take leave. If possible, consult with your manager to schedule leave so as not to unduly disrupt Company operations. When taking family military leave for less than five consecutive days, provide advance notice as is practicable.
The Company may require verification of your eligibility for leave from the proper military authority.
Continuation of Benefits
During family military leave, you may continue any benefits, if applicable, at your own expense. No loss of seniority status will occur as a result of leave taken under this policy, nor will leave result in the loss of any benefits accrued prior to the leave.
Conditions of Leave
You may not take family military leave until you have exhausted all accrued vacation, personal, compensatory, or any other leave granted to you, with the exception of sick and disability leave. Where applicable, time off under this policy will run concurrently with time off under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.
Reinstatement
Upon return from leave, you will be restored to your prior position or to a position with equivalent seniority status, benefits, pay, and other terms and conditions of employment.
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