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LEAVES OF ABSENCE 2. The serious health condition of a spouse parent or child; <br />3. To provide care for a “covered servicemember” with a serious injury or illness incurred or aggravated in the line of duty while on active duty; or <br />4. Due to a “qualifying exigency” for the spouses, children, or parents of individuals who <br />are on, or are about to be on, covered active duty. <br />To qualify for intermittent leave, the employee must show that the intermittent leave is medically necessary or related to a “qualifying exigency.” If leave is taken on an intermittent or reduced leave schedule due to foreseeable leave needs (other than qualifying exigencies), <br />Cass County may temporarily transfer an employee to an alternative position with equivalent <br />pay and benefits. <br />H. Certification of the Need for Leave <br />Cass County may ask for certification to verify the need for leave for the reason requested by the employee. The employee must respond to such a request within 15 days of the request, or <br />provide a reasonable explanation for the delay. Failure to provide certification may result in a <br />denial of the leave. Cass County may also require recertification during the leave to verify the status of the need for leave. <br />Cass County may directly contact the health care provider or other third-party to verify and <br />clarify information contained in the certification. Employees are responsible for signing or <br />obtaining any authorization necessary to permit the health care provider or other third party to provide Cass County with the required information. <br />Cass County has the right to ask for a second opinion of a certification of a serious health condition. Should we choose to do so, we will pay for the employee to get a certification from a second health care provider, which we will select. If it is necessary to resolve a conflict <br />between the original certification and the second opinion, we will require the opinion of a third health care provider. Cass County and the employee will jointly select the third doctor, and we will pay for the opinion. This third opinion will be considered final. <br />I. Returning From Leave <br />Employees taking leave under this policy will be returned to the same jobs they held when <br />their leaves began. If this is not feasible, employees will be returned to a position that entails substantially equivalent skill, effort, responsibility and authority as the position they had previously held. The only exceptions to this rule will be in circumstances of layoffs or reorganizations, where the employees’ positions would have been eliminated even if they had <br />not been on leave. Employees returning from a leave of absence for their own serious health <br />condition may be required to provide a fitness for duty assessment. <br />J. Procedure for Requesting Leave <br />When an employee plans to take leave under this policy, the employee must give Cass County 30 days notice. If it is not possible to give 30 days notice, the employee must give as much notice as is practicable. An employee undergoing planned medical treatment is required to <br /> Cass County 43