Military Family Leave Entitlement. There are two types of military family leave – “Qualifying Exigency” and “Military Caregiver.”
Military Family Leave Entitlement. Eligible employees may use the 12-week FMLA leave entitlement to take military family leave. This leave may be used to address certain qualifying exigencies related to the covered active duty or call to covered active duty of a spouse, son, daughter, or parent. Qualifying exigencies may include (1) attending certain military events; (2) arranging for alternative childcare; (3) addressing certain financial and legal arrangements; (4) attending certain counseling sessions; (5) addressing issues related to short-notice deployment; (6) spending time with a covered family member who is resting and recuperating; (7) attending post-deployment briefings; and (8) for certain activities relating to the care of the military member's parent who is incapable of self-care where those activities arise from the military member's covered active duty.
Military Family Leave Entitlement. Eligible unit members with a spouse, son, daughter, or parent on active duty or call to active duty status in the National Guard or Reserves in support of contingency operation may use their twelve (12) week leave entitlement to address certain qualifying necessities. Qualifying necessities may include attending certain military events, arranging for alternative childcare, addressing certain financial and legal arrangements, attending certain counseling sessions, and attending post-deployment reintegration briefings. FMLA also includes a special leave entitlement that permits eligible unit member to take up to twenty six (26) weeks of leave to care for a covered service member during a single twelve (12) month period. A covered service member is a current member of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or Reserves, who has a serious injury or illness incurred in the line of duty or active duty that may render the service member medically unfit to perform his or her duties for which the service member is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy, or is in outpatient status, or is on the temporary disability retire list.
