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request for wellbeing leave that is questionable please reach out to HR.

• Sabbatical leave
• Personal leave of absence (running for office, educational, other)
• Time off for your second job
• Time off for education classes
• Your vacation – still intended for planned time away from work
• Extended medical leave (this time may be covered under FMLA/disability)
• To have an extended absence of longer than 10 working days prior to FMLA
• Extending winter break
• To go part-time and utilize wellbeing to continue to receive a full time salary

Controls
While an open wellbeing leave policy empowers our staff to take care of themselves while
getting the job done, we know there can be abuse. This is a disadvantage of this type of leave
concept. We must monitor for abuse/misuse. We may not always know why an employee is
taking or requesting a wellbeing day so misuse may need to be determined by actual usage.
We will be implementing some controls to aid in determining possible misuse or inconsistent
application of wellbeing leave.

• Any requested Wellbeing Leave absence of 3 consecutive working days or longer
requires a discussion with HR.
• HR will conduct a pay period review of wellbeing leave used
• HR will provide reports to VP/RED of staff usage quarterly
• The benefits committee will do a quarterly program review of the open concept

If a manager feels there may be abuse either for reasons of using wellbeing or usage they may
reach out to HR to discuss. It is acceptable for a manager to have a discussion with an
employee if their usage of wellbeing leave is having a negative impact on work performance.

We look forward to rolling this concept out to staff and welcome any feedback you may have.

Holiday Leave Policy

The National Wildlife Federation’s paid leave policies strive to provide individual flexibility for a
diverse workforce to self-identify their personal schedule for periodic paid days off. The
Holiday & Floating Holiday policies take into consideration the recognition of diverse
celebrations which lead us to a more inclusive work environment.

Therefore, the National Wildlife Federation observes Holidays in addition to a Winter Break

each year. Benefit-eligible full-time employees will earn twenty-four (24) Floating Holiday
hours on January 1st of each year sufficient to provide three (33) Floating Holidays annually.
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Eligible Part Time employees will earn prorated Floating Holiday hours on January 1st each
year based on their hours-worked-percentage of the full-time benefit.