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resume work. You may obtain Return to Work Medical Certification Forms from the
Human Resources Department. Employees failing to provide the Return to Work
Medical Certification Form will not be permitted to resume work until it is provided.

No Work While on Leave

Taking another job while on Family/Medical Leave or any other authorized leave of
absence will be interpreted as voluntary termination.

Definitions

For the purposes of this policy, the following definitions apply:

“Spouse” means a partner in marriage as defined in Family Code Section 300.

“Domestic Partner” means a domestic partner as defined in Family Code Section 297.
“Parent” includes a biological, foster or adoptive parent; stepparent; a legal guardian; or
other person who stood in loco parentis to the employee when the employee was a
child, but does not include parent’s in-law.
“Child” includes a biological, adopted or foster child; a stepchild; a legal ward; or a child
of an employee who stands in loco parentis to that child (meaning under 18 years of
age or incapable of self-care due to physical or mental impairment and including a child
for whom employee “stands in” as a parent).
“Serious Health Conditions” means an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental
condition that involves inpatient care (defined as an overnight stay in a hospital, hospice
or residential medical care facility; any overnight admission to such facilities is an
automatic trigger for FMLA eligibility) or continuing treatment by a health care provider,
as defined in the FMLA Regulations. Examples include the following:

• Continuing treatment by a health care provider that results in an incapacity
(inability to work, attend school or participate in other daily activities) of more
than three consecutive calendar days with either two or more in-person visits
to the health care provider within 30 days of the date of incapacity OR one in-
person visit to the health care provider with a regimen of continuing treatment,
such as prescription medication, physical therapy, etc. In either situation, the
first visit to the health care provider must occur within seven days of the first
date of incapacity. Examples include pneumonia, surgery or broken/fractured
bones.

• Chronic conditions that require periodic visits to a health care provider,
continue over an extended period of time and may cause episodic rather than
continuing periods of incapacity of more than three days. Examples of chronic
conditions include asthma, diabetes and epilepsy.

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