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LEAVES OF ABSENCE 4. To care for a spouse, child or parent with a serious health condition; <br />5. Due to a “qualifying exigency” for the spouse, children, or parents of individuals who are on, or are about to be on, “covered active duty”; <br />(A “qualifying exigency” includes attending certain military events, arranging <br />for alternative child care, addressing certain financial and legal arrangements, attending certain counseling sessions, attending post-deployment reintegration briefings, and care for a military member’s parent who is incapable of self-care when the care is necessitated by the member’s covered active duty, as defined <br />in applicable Department of Labor regulations) <br />(“Covered active duty” means members of either the regular or reserve components of the Armed Forces and National Guard who have been deployed to a foreign country) <br />6. To provide care for a “covered servicemember” with a serious injury or illness <br />incurred or aggravated in the line of duty while on active duty (employees eligible to <br />take military caregiver leave include the spouse, children, parents and next of kin of military personnel). <br />Leave that qualifies for annual leave, sick leave, workers’ compensation, short-term disability, or other wage replacement benefits may also qualify as FMLA leave and, if so, the time off <br />will also be counted as FMLA leave. Employees with questions about whether their leave needs may be covered under this FMLA policy are encouraged to consult with the Human Resource Department. <br />D. Duration of Leave <br />12 Weeks <br />For all FMLA covered leaves other than leave taken to provide care for wounded military <br />personnel, eligible employees can take up to 12 weeks of leave under this policy during any 12-month period. Cass County will use a rolling 12-month period measured backward from the date an employee uses any leave under this policy to determine whether an employee has exhausted his or her 12 weeks of leave. Each time an employee takes leave, Cass County will <br />compute the amount of leave the employee has taken under this policy for any form of FMLA <br />leave in the last 12 months and subtract that amount from the employee’s 12 weeks of available leave; the balance remaining is the amount the employee is entitled to take at that time. <br />26 Weeks <br />For all FMLA covered leaves taken to provide care for wounded military personnel, eligible employees can take up to 26 weeks of leave under this policy during any single 12-month period. This single 12-month period begins on the first day the employee takes FMLA leave to provide care for wounded military personnel. Any FMLA time taken for any other reason listed in paragraph C. during this single 12-month period shall count against the 26 weeks of <br />leave available to care for wounded military personnel. Similarly, any FMLA time taken to care for wounded military personnel shall count against the 12 weeks of leave available to the employee for any other reason under paragraph C. <br /> Cass County 41