{"id":21941,"date":"2015-10-05T11:21:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T15:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wpcc.edu\/policy-manual\/?page_id=21941"},"modified":"2015-11-22T11:02:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T16:02:58","slug":"03-02-040-family-and-medical-leave","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wpcc.edu\/policy-manual\/03-02-040-family-and-medical-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"03.02.040 Family and Medical Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Header&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; title=&#8221;Policy&#8221; subhead=&#8221;03.02.040 Family and Medical Leave&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;right&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;off&#8221; header_scroll_down=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#346fab&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; content_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; image_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;44&#8243; subhead_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; custom_button_one=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_one_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_one_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_one_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_button_two=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_two_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_two_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_css_header_container=&#8221;margin-bottom: -140px !important;||margin-right: 20px !important;&#8221;]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=&#8221;Sidebar&#8221; orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; area=&#8221;et_pb_widget_area_50&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; remove_border=&#8221;off&#8221;] [\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]\n<p>Pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (&#8220;FMLA&#8221;), any eligible employee may be granted up to a total of twelve (12), or in some cases twenty six (26), weeks of unpaid, job-protected family and medical leave for (1) Family and medical leave for the birth of a child and to care for the newborn child; for the placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care; for the care of a child, spouse or parent who has a serious health condition; for the employee\u2019s own serious health condition; (2) Qualifying Exigency Leave for families of covered members and (3) Military Caregiver Leave.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legal Citations:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. 12101, <em>et seq.<\/em>; Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2601, <em>et seq.<\/em>, 29 C.F.R. pt. 825; Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adopted: <\/strong>\u00a0September 14, 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amended:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (&#8220;FMLA&#8221;), any eligible employee may be granted up to a total of twelve (12), or in some cases twenty six (26), weeks of unpaid, job-protected family and medical leave for (1) Family and medical leave for the birth of a child [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21941","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - 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