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When an employee seeks leave due to a FMLA-qualifying reason for which Mission has
previously provided the employee FMLA-protected leave, the employee must specifically
reference either the qualifying reason for the leave or the need for FMLA leave.

Certification Requirements: Leave to care for a covered military service member with a serious
injury or illness must be supported by a certification completed by an authorized health care
provider or by a copy of an Invitational Travel Order (“ITO”) or Invitational Travel Authorization
(“ITA”) issued to any member of the covered military service member’s family.

An authorized health care provider is a:
➢ United States Department of Defense (“DOD”) health care provider,
➢ United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs (“VA”) health care provider,
➢ DOD TRICARE Network authorized private health care provider,
➢ DOD non-network TRICARE authorized private health care provider, or
➢ Non-military affiliated health care provider.

QUALIFYING EXIGENCY LEAVE

Eligible employees may take up to a total of twelve (12) work weeks of unpaid leave during the
normal 12-month period for FMLA leave for qualifying exigencies arising out of the fact the
employee’s spouse, son, daughter or parent who is a member of the United States Armed Forces
(including the National Guard and Reserves) and who is on covered active duty or has been notified
of an impending call or order to covered active duty. For the purpose of qualifying exigency leave,
an employee’s son or daughter on covered active duty refers to a child of any age.

Qualifying Exigency Categories: The Department of Labor has identified nine (9) broad
categories of qualifying exigencies. If the military member is on covered active duty, the employee
may take FMLA leave for the following qualifying exigencies:

➢ Issue arising from a covered military member’s short notice deployment (i.e., deployment
on seven (7) or less days of notice). For a period of up to seven (7) days from the day the
military member receives notice of deployment, an employee may take qualifying exigency
leave to address any issue that arises from the short notice deployment.

➢ Attending military events and related activities, such as official ceremonies, programs,
events and informational briefings, or family support or assistance programs sponsored by
the military, military service organizations or the American Red Cross that are related to
the military member’s deployment.

➢ Certain childcare and related activities arising from the military member’s covered active
duty, including arranging for alternative childcare, providing childcare on a non-routine,
urgent, immediate need basis, and/or enrolling in or transferring a child to a new school or
day care facility. Note: The employee taking FMLA qualifying exigency leave does not

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