Type of Leave Covered. To qualify as FMLA leave under this policy, the employee must be taking leave for one of the reasons listed below: 1) The birth of a child and in order to care for that child. 2) The placement of a child for adoption or xxxxxx care and to care for the newly placed child. 3) To care for a spouse, child or parent with a serious health condition (described below). 4) The serious health condition (described below) of the employee. An employee may take leave because of a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the functions of the employee's position. A serious health condition is defined as a condition that requires inpatient care at a hospital, hospice or residential medical care facility, including any period of incapacity or any subsequent treatment in connection with such inpatient care or a condition that requires continuing care by a licensed health care provider. This policy covers illnesses of a serious and long-term nature, resulting in recurring or lengthy absences. Generally, a chronic or long-term health condition that would result in a period of three consecutive days of incapacity with the first visit to the health care provider within seven days of the onset of the incapacity and a second visit within 30 days of the incapacity would be considered a serious health condition. For chronic conditions requiring periodic health care visits for treatment, such visits must take place at least twice a year. If an employee takes paid sick leave for a condition that progresses into a serious health condition and the employee requests unpaid leave as provided under this policy, the Township may designate all or some portion of related leave taken as leave under this policy, to the extent that the earlier leave meets the necessary qualifications. 5) Qualifying exigency leave for families of members of the National Guard or Reserves or of a regular component of the Armed Forces when the covered military member is on covered active duty or called to covered active duty. An employee whose spouse, son, daughter or parent either has been notified of an impending call or order to covered active military duty or who is already on covered active duty may take up to 12 weeks of leave for reasons related to or affected by the family member’s call-up or service. The qualifying exigency must be one of the following: (1) short-notice deployment. (2) military events and activities, 3) child care and school activities,
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Type of Leave Covered. To qualify as FMLA leave under this policy, the employee must be taking leave for one of the reasons listed below:
1) The birth of a child and in order to care for that child.
2) The placement of a child for adoption or xxxxxx care and to care for the newly placed child.
3) To care for a spouse, child child, sibling, or parent with a serious health condition (described below).
4) The serious health condition (described below) of the employee. An employee may take leave because of a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the functions of the employee's position. A serious health condition is defined as a condition that requires inpatient care at a hospital, hospice or residential medical care facility, including any period of incapacity or any subsequent treatment in connection with such inpatient care or a condition that requires continuing care by a licensed health care provider. This policy covers illnesses of a serious and long-term nature, resulting in recurring or lengthy absences. Generally, a chronic or long-term health condition that would result in a period of three consecutive days of incapacity with the first visit to the health care provider within seven days of the onset of the incapacity and a second visit within 30 days of the incapacity would be considered a serious health condition. For chronic conditions requiring periodic health care visits for treatment, such visits must take place at least twice a year. If an employee takes paid sick leave for a condition that progresses into a serious health condition and the employee requests unpaid leave as provided under this policy, the Township Employer may designate all or some portion of related leave taken as leave under this policy, to the extent that the earlier leave meets the necessary qualifications.
5) Qualifying exigency leave for families of members of the National Guard or Reserves or of a regular component of the Armed Forces when the covered military member is on covered active duty or called to covered active duty. An employee whose spouse, son, daughter or parent either has been notified of an impending call or order to covered active military duty or who is already on covered active duty may take up to 12 weeks of leave for reasons related to or affected by the family member’s call-up or service. The qualifying exigency must be one of the following:
(1) a. short-notice deployment.
(2) b. military events and activities, 3)
c. child care and school activities,
d. financial and legal arrangements
e. counseling
f. rest and recuperation
g. post-deployment activities, and
h. additional activities that arise out of active duty, provided that the employer and employee agree, including agreement on timing and duration of the leave. Eligible employees are entitled to FMLA leave to care for a current member of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or Reserves, or a member of the Armed Forces, the National Guard or Reserves who is on the temporary disability retired list, who has a serious injury or illness incurred in the line of duty on active duty for which he or she is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy; or otherwise in outpatient status; or otherwise on the temporary disability retired list. Eligible employees may not take leave under this provision to care for former members of the Armed Forces, former members of the National Guard and Reserves, and members on the permanent disability retired list. In order to care for a covered service member, an eligible employee must be the spouse, son, daughter, or parent, or next of kin of a covered service member.
a) A “son or daughter of a covered service member” means the covered service member’s biological, adopted, or xxxxxx child, stepchild, legal xxxx, or a child for whom the covered service member stood in loco parentis, and who is of any age.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement