SERVICE MEMBER FMLA LEAVE. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) now entitles eligible employees to take leave for a covered family member’s service in the Armed Forces (“Service member FMLA”). This policy supplements the County FMLA policy and provides general notice of employee rights to such leave. Except as mentioned below, an employee’s rights and obligations to Service member FMLA Leave are governed by our existing FMLA policy.
SERVICE MEMBER FMLA LEAVE. Pursuant to the 2008 amendments to the FMLA, an eligible Employee may also be able to take FMLA leave in connection with certain situations related to military service: (a) and eligible Employee may take up to 26 weeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for a covered family member who has suffered a qualifying injury or illness in the line of active duty in the Armed Forces; and (b) and eligible Employee may take up to twelve (12) weeks of leave during a twelve (12)–month period in connection with a “qualifying exigency” arising out of a covered family member’s active duty or call to active duty in the Armed Forces in support of a contingency plan. The foregoing language is not intended to create any additional rights or obligations beyond those set forth in the 2008 FMLA regulatory amendments.
