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Important Legal Notices Family Medical Leave Act(FMLA) What does the Family and Medical leave act provide? The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides eligible employees up to 12 work weeks of unpaid leave a year, and requires group health benefits to be maintained during the leave as if employees continued to work instead of taking leave. Employees are also entitled to return to their same or an equivalent job at the end of their FMLA leave. Who can take FMLA leave? To be eligible to take leave under FMLA an employee must: • Have worked 1,250 hours during the 12 months prior to the start of the leave (Note: Full-time teachers and other exempt employees are assumed to have worked 1,250 hours unless proven otherwise),and • - Have worked for the employer for 12 months(in total,not consecutive)within the last 7 years. When can an eligible employee use FMLA leave? A covered employer must grant an eligible employee up to a total of 12 workweeks of unpaid,job-protected leave(26 weeks in the case of military caregiver leave described below)in a 12 month period for one or more of the following reasons: • For the birth of a child: • For the placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care; • To take medical leave when the employee is unable to work due to a serious health condition; • To care for an immediate family member(spouse,child or parent-but not parent"in-law")with a serious health condition; • To care for a spouse,son,daughter,parent or next-of-kin on covered active duty service with a service-related serious health condition or injury; • To deal with a qualifying emergency arising from a son's, daughter's, spouse's or parent's (but not parent "in-laws") active duty service or call to active duty service for deployment to a foreign country. Responsibilities to the District Employees Requesting Leave. It is the responsibility of the employee to notify their supervisor and iContact: Amy Yeitter,Employee Benefits Specialist provide at least thirty(30) days notice before the date the FMLA leave is to begin if the need for the leave is foreseeable.If the need for the leave Address: 6500 57th Street,Vero Beach,FL 32967 is not foreseeable,you must give notice that you need to take a leave ofPhone:7 772-564-3175 absence as soon as practicable, but in no circumstances later than the next business day after you become aware of the need for the leave,. If Email: j sdircbenefits@indianriverschools.org you fail to adhere to these timeframes for notice,your request for leave may be delayed or denied. The required forms will be provided to you - by the administrative office at your work location or the Human Contact Joan Martin,Employee Benefits Assistant Resources Department. Address: 6500 57th Street,Vero Beach,FL 32967 Procedures on what you should do when taking a leave under FMLA: PP - _1 • Inform your immediate supervisor at your work location. )Phone: 5 772-564-3011 • Request FMLA forms (4 part packet) from your work location or rj Email: sdircbenefits@indianriverschools.org Human Resources. • Submit a request for leave(normal form submitted when taking time off) it can be signed by your administrator to confirm notification but final approval is received from the Human Resources`Contact: Adalia Medina-Graham,Human Resources department. FMLA • Contact Payroll to discuss how this leave will impact your pay. Address: l 6500 57th Street,Vero Beach;FL 32967 • Complete and submit all required forms to HR for processing. • Contact Benefits to discuss premium payment while on unpaid leave Phone: 772-564-3001 OR if leave will be unpaid, contact the Benefits Team to discuss Email: premium payments adalia.medina-graham@indianriverschools.org • 68 33