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5.  What is the FMLA?  Who is eligible?  When can it be used?  How is it administered?

6.  Intended to balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of families  Provides up to 12 weeks of unpaid job- protected leave to eligible employees  Where applicable, used in conjunction with accrued leave and Sick Leave Bank  May be used in “blocks” or intermittently

7.  An employee who has worked for the County for at least one year and…  Has worked at least 1,250 hours in the previous 365 days and…  Has not used all available FML from that rolling year and…  Meets the conditions of the FMLA

8.  To care for a child after birth or placement in the employee’s home  To care for a spouse, child or parent with a serious medical condition  For the employee’s own serious medical condition

9. An illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves:  Inpatient care or treatment in connection with inpatient care; or  Continuing treatment by a health care provider  Including incapacity of more than 3 consecutive days plus subsequent treatment two or more times  Incapacity due to pregnancy or for prenatal care  Incapacity for a chronic serious health condition which requires periodic visits (e.g. asthma, epilepsy)  Incapacity which is permanent or long-term (e.g. Alzheimer’s, terminal cancer)  Absence to receive multiple treatments which would result in incapacity for more than 3 days if not treated (e.g. chemotherapy, dialysis)

10.  Talk with your employee; suggest they call their HR contact!  Call HR for guidance  Lisa Chisholm #3348 :  Local Government  School Support  Claudine Cloutier #3018:  Teachers  Administrative  Classified

14.  Runs concurrently with other leave programs (e.g., sick leave, Sick Leave Bank) for all County employees  Comp time may be used prior to start of FML leave  Partial days do not count as whole days  Legal notification requirements - Leave MUST be accounted for on at least a monthly basis  FML Leave Codes (80 series)

16.  New fathers may use one week of their own sick time (code 81) for bonding leave; must provide medical certification for further sick leave use  FML (Personal/Annual/LWOP—codes 82 or 85) used for adoptive or foster placement bonding leave

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