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® An Armed Forces member(including the National Guard or Reserves)undergoing <br /> medical treatment,recuperation,or therapy or otherwise in outpatient status or on <br /> the temporary disability retired list,for a serious injury or illness";or <br /> o A veteran who is undergoing medical treatment,recuperation,or therapy,for a <br /> serious injury or illness and who was a member of the Armed Forces(including a <br /> member of the National Guard or Reserves)at any time during the period of 5 years <br /> preceding the date on which the veteran undergoes that medical treatment, <br /> recuperation,or therapy. <br /> • "Serious iniury or illness"means: <br /> o In the case of a member of the Armed Forces(including a member of the National <br /> Guard or Reserves),means an injury or illness that was incurred by the member in <br /> line of duty on active duty in the Armed Forces(or existed before the beginning_ of <br /> the member's active duty and was aggravated by service in line of duty on active <br /> duty in the Armed Forces)and that may render the member medically unfit to <br /> perform the duties of the member's office,grade,rank,or rating;and <br /> o In the case of a veteran who was a member of the Armed Forces(including a <br /> member of the National Guard or Reserves)at any time during a period when the <br /> person was a covered servicemember,means a qualifying <br /> _(as defined by the <br /> Secretary of Labor)injury or illness incurred by a covered servicemember in the <br /> line of duty on active duty that may render the servicemember medically unfit to <br /> perform the duties of his or her office,grade,rank or rating <br /> AMOUNT OF LEAVE—QUALIFIED EXIGENCY <br /> An eligible employee can take up to 12 weeks of leave for a qualified exigency._ <br /> AMOUNT OF LEAVE—MILITARY CAREGIVER <br /> An eligible employee taken mg ilitary caregiver leave is entitled to 26 workweeks of leave during a <br /> "single 12-month period."The"single 12-month period"begins on the first day the eligible <br /> employee takes FMLA leave to care for a covered servicemember and ends 12 months after that <br /> date. <br /> Leave taken for any FMLA reason counts towards the 26-week entitlement.If an employee does <br /> not take all 26 workweeks of leave to care for a covered servicemember during this"single 12- <br /> month period,"the remaining partof the 26 workweeks of leave entitlement to care for the covered <br /> servicemember is forfeited.29 C.F.R. §825.127(e)(1)(2017). <br /> CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFYING EXIGENCY FOR MILITARY FAMILY LEAVE <br /> The City will require certification of the qualifying exigency for military family leave.The <br /> employee must respond to such a request within 15 days of the request or provide a reasonable <br /> explanation for the delay.Failure to provide certification may result in a denial of continuation of <br /> leave.This certification will be provided using the DOL Certification of Qualif�.g Exigency for <br /> Military Family Leave. <br /> CERTIFICATION FOR SERIOUS INJURY OR ILLNESS OF COVERED <br /> SERVICEMEMBER FOR MILITARY FAMILY LEAVE <br /> The City will require certification for the serious injury or illness of the covered servicemember. <br /> The employee must respond to such a request within 15 days of the request or provide a reasonable <br /> explanation for the delay.Failure to provide certification may result in a denial of continuation of <br /> leave.This certification will be provided using the DOL Certification for Serious Injury or Illness <br /> of Covered Servicemember. <br /> 431Page <br />