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WISCONSIN EMPLOYEES

The State of Wisconsin allows eligible employees time off from work to vote. The specifics are:
• An employee may take no more than three consecutive hours to vote.
• An employee must request the time off no later than the day before the election.
• GESMN may determine the time of day an employee may leave to vote.
• The time is unpaid.

UNPAID TIME OFF

FEDERAL FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE AND THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT

For this policy's purposes, FMLA means the leave required by the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act.
Employees are eligible for FMLA leave if (1) they have worked for Goodwill-Easter Seals for at least one
year, (2) they have worked for GESMN for at least 1,250 hours during the 12 months immediately
preceding the start of the FMLA leave, and (3) employed at a worksite where 50 or more employees are
located within 75 miles of the worksite.
Eligible employees may be granted up to 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in any 12-month
period (begins with the first day of the first leave) for one or more of the following reasons:
• For incapacity due to pregnancy, prenatal medical care, or childbirth.
• To care for the employee’s child after birth or placement for adoption or foster care.
• To care for the employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent with a serious health condition.
• For a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform an employee’s job.
• For any Qualifying Exigency (see Military Family Leave Entitlement) below.

MILITARY FAMILY LEAVE ENTITLEMENT

Eligible employees whose spouse, son, daughter, or partner is on covered active duty or call to covered
active duty status may use their 12-week FMLA leave entitlement to address certain qualifying
exigencies. Qualifying exigencies may include attending certain military events, arranging alternative
childcare, addressing certain financial and legal arrangements, attending certain counseling sessions,
and attending post-employment reintegration briefings.

In addition to the basic types of leave entitlement listed above, the FMLA includes a special leave
entitlement that permits eligible employees who are the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of
a covered service member to take up to 26 weeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for
that covered service member. The single 12-month period begins on the first day an employee takes
military leave and ends 12 months after that date.

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