Fitness for Duty Requirements
If you take leave because of your own serious health condition (except if you are taking intermittent leave), you are required to provide medical certification that you are fit to resume work. You will not be permitted to resume work until certification is provided.
Continuation of Health Benefits
If the Company provides you with health benefits under a group health plan, the Company will maintain and pay for your health coverage at the same level and under the same conditions as coverage would have been provided if you had not taken PFML. If you use paid time off to cover part or all of PFML, the employee portion of any premiums will continue to be paid through payroll deductions. If you are not using paid time off to cover part or all of PFML, you will be responsible for remitting your portion of health premiums to the Company in order to ensure continuation of benefits.
Reinstatement
Upon return from covered PFML, you will be reinstated to your previous position or to an equivalent position, with the same status, pay, employment benefits, length-of-service credit, and seniority credit as of the date of leave. However, the Company reserves the right to deny reinstatement if other employees of equal length-of-service credit and status in the same or equivalent positions have been laid off due to economic conditions or other changes in operating conditions affecting employment during the period of leave.
Benefit Amount
An employee's weekly PFML benefits are calculated and provided by the Family and Employment Security Trust Fund. No family or medical leave benefits are payable during the first seven calendar days of an approved initial claim for benefits, and this initial waiting period will count against the total available period of leave in a benefit year. Where the approved claim involves leave on an intermittent or reduced leave schedule, the wait period will be seven consecutive calendar days, not the total accumulation of seven days of leave.
Retaliation
The Company will not retaliate against employees who request or take PFML in accordance with this policy. Crime Victim and Witness Leave Occasionally, employees may be the victim of a crime or legally compelled to attend a judicial proceeding as a witness. In these circumstances, employees may take unpaid leave to: Respond to a subpoena to appear as a witness in any criminal proceeding; Attend a court proceeding or participate in a police investigation related to a criminal case in which they are a witness or a crime victim (or a deceased family member was a victim); Attend or participate in a court proceeding related to a civil case in which they are a victim of family violence; or Obtain a restraining or protective order on their own behalf. If you need to take leave under this policy, notify your manager as soon as possible. You may be required to provide documentation supporting such leave.
This policy does not apply to employees who have committed or are alleged to have committed a crime.
The Company will not retaliate against employees who request or take leave in accordance with this policy. Domestic Violence Leave CREA, LLC provides up to 15 days of paid leave per rolling 12-month period to victims of abusive behavior, domestic violence, sexual assault, kidnapping, and/or stalking, and certain family members, for purposes
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