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The employee must use any accrued Personal Days while on leave. However,
additional benefits will not be earned du ri ng the leave of absence. The leave will
'be subject to the same provisions and rules as apply to medical leaves, except
that employees subject to drug and alcohol testing by provision of state andlor
federal law shall only return to work in compliance with the provisions of the
Company's Drug and Alcohol Policy.
FAMILY & MEDICAL LEA YES
Eligibility for Leaves
Any employee who Ilas completed at least 12 months of service and has worke d
at least 1,250 hours of service during the 12-month period preceding the date the
leave would begin may request an unpaid fam ily and med ical leave of absence.
An emp l qye~ . must also work within a 75-mile radius of 50 or more employees of
the organization in order to be eligible for a leave under this policy. Subject to
the conditions of this policy, eligible employees may request up to 12 weeks
family and medica! leave during a 12-month period. The 12-month period used
under this policy to measure the 12-week lirnitation will be the rolling 12-month
period measured backward from the date an employee uses any leave.
Permi ssible Purposes of Fa mily a nd Medica l Leaves
An eligible employee may request a family and medical leave for any of the
following reasons: (1) the birth of the employee's child; (2) the placement of a
child with the employee in connection with an adoption or foster care; (3) to care
for a child, paren·t, or spouse/domestic partner who has a serious health
condition; or (4) due to a serious health condition that prevents the employee
from performing one or more of the essential functions of his or her position . To
the maximum extent permitted by law, any leave of absence that is granted to an
employee under this policy or any other policy for a purpose specified above
shall be credited against the 12-week limit contained in this policy.
Benefits During Leave
An employee who is granted a family and rnedicalleave of absence must utilize
any accrued Personal Days during tile pe l·iod of the [eave: Any Ilortion of a leave
that occurs after all paid time off benefits have been exhausted shall be without
pay. For purposes of this policy's 12-week limitation, any paid and unpaid
portions of the leave of absence shall be added together whether or not they are
taken consecutively.
Health insuran.ce benefits ordinarily provided by Ihe employer, and for which the
employee is otherwise eligible, will be continued during the· period of the leave if
the employee elects to continue paying his or her share of the premiums for such
coverage. If the employee wishes coverage to continue, the employer wi ll
continue to pay its share of the premiums for the period of the leave, up to a
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