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THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT - MILITARY FAMILY
LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS

The FMLA allows eligible employees to take up to twelve (12) work weeks of job-protected leave
in the applicable 12-month period for any “qualifying exigency” arising out of covered active
military duty or call to covered active military duty status of a spouse, son, daughter or parent. The
FMLA also allows eligible employees to take up to twenty-six (26) work weeks of job-protected
leave in a “single 12-month period” to care for a covered military service member with a serious
injury or illness.

Employee Eligibility: To be eligible for Military Family Leave Entitlements, an employee must:
➢ Have worked for Mission for a total of at least twelve (12) months;
➢ Have worked for at least 1,250 hours during the previous 12-month period; and
➢ Submit the appropriate documentation to support the need for leave.

Military Caregiver Leave: Eligible employees, who are a spouse, son, daughter, parent or next
of kin of a covered military service member with a serious injury or illness may take up to a total
of twenty-six (26) work weeks of unpaid leave during a “single 12-month period” to care for the
military service member.

➢ A covered service member is a current member of the United States Armed Forces,
including a member of the National Guard or Reserves, who is receiving medical treatment,
recuperation or therapy, or is in outpatient status, or is on the temporary disability retired
list for a serious injury or illness.

➢ A serious injury or illness is one that is incurred by a military service member in the line
of duty while on active duty that may cause the military service member to be medically
unfit to perform the duties of his/her office, grade, rank or rating. A serious injury or illness
also includes injuries or illnesses that existed before the military service member’s active
duty and that were aggravated by service in the line of duty while on active duty.

➢ The single 12-month period for leave to care for a covered military service member with
a serious injury or illness begins on the first day the employee takes leave for this reason
and ends twelve (12) months later, regardless of the 12-month period established by
Mission for other types of FMLA leave. An eligible employee is limited to a combined
total of twenty-six (26) work weeks of leave for any FMLA-qualifying reason during the
“single 12-month period.” (Only twelve (12) of the twenty-six (26) weeks total may be for
a FMLA-qualifying reason other than to care for a covered military service member.)

➢ Military caregiver leave is available to an eligible employee once per military service
member per serious injury or illness. However, an eligible employee may take an additional
twenty-six (26) weeks of leave in a different 12-month period to care for the same military
service member if that military service member has another serious injury or illness.

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