3.7 Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
In accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), CREA, LLC provides up to 12 or 26 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in a 12-month period to covered employees in certain circumstances.
Eligibility
To qualify for FMLA leave, you must:
Have worked for the Company for at least 12 months, although that time need not be consecutive; Have worked at least 1,250 hours in the last 12 months; and Be employed at a worksite that has 50 or more employees within 75 miles.
Reasons for Leave
You may take up to 12 weeks of unpaid FMLA leave in a 12-month period, which is the 12-month period, for any of the following reasons: The birth of a child and to care for that child (leave must be completed within one year of the child’s birth); The adoption or foster care placement of a child with you and in order to care for the newly placed child (leave must be completed within one year of the child’s placement); To care for a spouse, child, or parent with a serious health condition; To care for your own serious health condition that makes you unable to perform the essential functions of your position; or A qualifying exigency of a spouse, child, or parent who is a military member on covered active duty or called to covered active duty status (or has been notified of an impending call or order to covered active duty). You may take up to 26 weeks of unpaid FMLA leave in a single 12-month period, beginning on the first day that you take FMLA leave, to care for a spouse, child, parent, or next of kin who is a covered service member and who has a serious injury or illness related to active duty service.
As used in this policy:
Spouse means a husband or wife as recognized under state law for the purposes of marriage in the state or other territory or country where the marriage took place. Child means a biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis, who is either under age 18 or age 18 or older and incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability at the time FMLA leave is to commence. A child for the purposes of military exigency or military care leave can be of any age. Parent means a biological, adoptive, step, or foster parent, or any other individual who stood in loco parentis to you when you were a child. Next of kin for the purposes of military care leave is a blood relative other than a spouse, parent, or child in the following order: brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and first cousins. If a military service member designates in writing another blood relative as their caregiver, that individual will be the only next of kin. In appropriate circumstances, you may be required to provide documentation of next of kin status.
Notice
If the need for leave is foreseeable because of an expected birth, adoption, or a planned medical treatment, you must give at least 30 days’ notice. If 30 days’ notice is not possible, give notice as soon as practical (within one or two business days of learning of your need for leave). Failure to provide appropriate notice may result in the delay or denial of leave. In addition, if you are seeking intermittent or reduced schedule leave that is foreseeable due to a planned medical treatment or a series of treatments for yourself, a family member, or covered service member, you must first consult with the Company regarding the dates of this treatment to work out a
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