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During Unpaid Medical Leave, employees will be expected to keep in regular contact with human resources. When you anticipate your return to work, please notify human resources of your expected return date at least one week before the end of your leave. Employees on an Unpaid Medical Leave of Absence may be subject to COBRA notice and continuation benefits and will be solely responsible for payment of the entire COBRA. Failure to keep in touch with management during your leave, failure to advise management of your availability to return to work, or failure to return to work following leave will be considered a voluntary resignation of your employment. (m) FMLA — Qualified Exigency and Military Caregiver Leave Eligible employees (described above) whose spouse, son, daughter, or parent either has been notified of an impending call or order to covered active military duty or who is already on covered active duty may take up to 12 weeks of leave for reasons related to or affected by the family member's call-up or service. The qualifying exigency must be one of the following: (1) short -notice deployment; (2) military events and activities; (3) childcare and school activities; (3) financial and legal arrangements; (5) counseling; (6) rest and recuperation; (7) post -deployment activities; (8) parental care; or (9) additional activities that arise out of active duty, provided that the employer and employee agree, including agreement on timing and duration of the leave. (n) Military Caregiver Leave An employee eligible for FMLA leave (described above) who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember may take up to 26 weeks in a single 12-month period to care for that servicemember. The family member must be a current member of the Armed Forces (including a member of the National Guard or Reserves), who has a serious injury or illness incurred in the line of duty on active duty for which they are undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy, or otherwise is on outpatient status or on the temporary disability retired list. Eligible employees may not take leave under this provision to care for former members of the Armed Forces, former members of the National Guard and Reserves, or members on the perinanent disability retired list. (o) Definitions • A "son or daughter of a covered servicemember" means the covered servicemember's biological, adopted, or foster child, stepchild, legal ward, or a child for whom the covered servicemember stood in loco parentis, and who is of any age. A "parent of a covered servicemember" means a covered servicemember's biological, adoptive, step, or foster father or mother, or any other individual who 61 July 2024 2313900 126