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Family and Medical Leave Act

Job protection under FMLA
Texas Mutual is a covered employer under the Family and Medical Leave
Act (FMLA). The FMLA requires covered employers to provide unpaid,
job-protected leave for certain family, medical and military leave reasons
to eligible employees. You are an FMLA eligible employee if you have
been employed by Texas Mutual for at least 12 months and you have
worked at least 1,250 hours during the 12 months preceding your leave.

As a covered employer, Texas Mutual must provide eligible employees up
to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for eligible employees during
any 12-month period, or up to 26 weeks to care for a covered service
member, for the reasons shown below. The 12-month period, is
calculated using the rolling 12-month period measured backward from
the date you use any FMLA leave.
If you have an event that appears to qualify under FMLA, contact
Human Resources. Your supervisor will also request that you contact
Human Resources, and your supervisor may notify Human Resources
on your behalf.
Qualifying events under FMLA

One or more of the following reasons may qualify for FMLA leave:

› For incapacity due to pregnancy, prenatal medical care
or childbirth;
› To care for your child after birth, or placement for adoption or
foster care during the child’s first year of life or during the first
year following such placement;
› For a serious health condition that makes you unable to perform
the essential functions of your job.
› To care for your child, spouse, or parent, who has a serious health
condition.

› Because of a qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that your
spouse, son, daughter, or parent who is a member of the Armed
Forces (including the National Guard or Reserves) and who is on
covered active duty (i.e., deployment to a foreign country) or
has been notified of an impending call or order to covered
active-duty status.
› To care for a covered service member (current member of
Armed Forces or a covered veteran which includes the National
Guard or Reserves) with a serious injury or illness if you are the
spouse, son, daughter, parent or next of kin of the covered
service member.
Applying for FMLA leave

See the FMLA User’s Guide posting on the HR page of the intranet.
The FMLA User’s Guide will provide you with detailed information
regarding your rights and your responsibilities under FMLA, and
information on the FMLA certification process. Contact HRBenefits
to begin your FMLA leave request.

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