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Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") determine the number of hours worked by an employee. Types of Leave Covered by FMLA Eligible employees may take leave for any of the following reasons: • The birth of a child (including prenatal care) or for the placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care. • To care for a spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition. • Due to a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of the position. • A covered military member's active duty or call to duty or to care for a covered military member under Military Caregiver and Qualified Exigency Leave (described below). DEFINITIONS • "Spouse" does not include domestic partners or common-law spouses. • "Caring for" a covered family member includes psychological and physical care. It also includes acquiring care and sharing care duties. An eligible "child," with some exceptions, is under 18 years of age. An eligible "parent" includes a biological parent or a person who stood in the place of a parent. • "Serious Health Condition" means an illness, injury, impairment, physical, or mental condition that involves one of the following: o Hospital Care: Any period of incapacity or treatment connected with inpatient care (i.e., an overnight stay) in a hospital, hospice, or residential medical care facility. o Pregnancy: Any period of incapacity due to pregnancy, prenatal medical care or childbirth. o Absence Plus Treatment: A period of incapacity of more than three consecutive calendar days that also involves continuing treatment by or under the supervision of a health care provider. o Chronic Conditions Requiring Treatments: An incapacity from a chronic condition which requires periodic visits for treatment by a health care provider, continues over an extended period of time, and may cause episodic rather than a continuing period of incapacity. o Permanent/Long-Term Conditions Requiring Supervision o Multiple Treatments: Any period of absence to receive multiple treatments (including any period of recovery therefrom) by a health care provider or by a provider of health care services under orders of, or on referral by, a health care provider. Length and Amount of Leave The length of FMLA leave is not to exceed twelve (12) weeks in any twelve (12) month period. The leave year is calculated on a rolling backward basis. How Leave May be Taken 35