b. Personnel policy (FMLA)-amended

CASS COUNTY PERSONNEL POLICY MANUAL 6.02 SUBJECT: FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT EFFECTIVE DATE: March 17, 2008 PAGE 1 OF 6 This policy is written to ensure that Cass County complies with the 1993 Federal Family Medical Leave Act. Introduction Family medical leave is a benefit granted to employees who have worked for Cass County for at least 12 months and who have had 1,250 hours of service with Cass County during the previous 12 months. An employee who meets the above eligibility requirement shall be entitled to a total of 12 work weeks of leave during a 12-month rolling period looking backward for one or more of the following reasons: For the birth or placement of a child for adoption or foster care; To care for an immediate family member (spouse, child or parent) with a serious health condition; To take medical leave when the employee is unable to work because of a serious health condition; or To take leave because of "any qualifying exigency" arising out of the fact that the spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the employee is on active duty, or has been notified of an impending call to active duty status, in support of a contingency operation. It is the policy of Cass County, that employees requesting Family Medical Leave ("FML") will be required to use annual leave, applicable sick leave and appropriate family sick leave prior to using leave without pay. The 12-week FML standard includes paid leave as well as leave without pay. Spouses employed by the same employer are jointly entitled to a combined total of 12 work weeks of family leave for the birth or placement of a child for adoption or foster care, and to care for a parent (but not a parent-in-law) who has a serious health condition. An eligible employee who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember who is recovering from a serious illness or injury sustained in the line of duty on active duty is entitled to up to 26 weeks of leave in a single 12 -month period to care for the servicemember. This mili tary caregiver leave is available during "a single 12-month period" during which an eligible employee is entitled to a combined total of 26 weeks of all types of FMLA leave.