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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 taking military caregiver leave is entitled to 26 workweeks of leave <br />during a single, 12-month period. The single, 12-month period begins the first day the <br />eligible employee takes FMLA leave to care for a covered servicemember and ends 12 <br />months after that date. <br />Leave taken for any FMLA reason counts towards the 26-week entitlement. If an employee <br />does not take all of 26 workweeks of leave entitlement to care for a covered <br />servicemember during the single, 12-month period, the remainder of the 26 workweeks of <br />leave entitlement to care for the covered servicemember is forfeited. <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 <br />reasonable explanation for the delay. Failure to provide certification may result in a denial <br />of continuation of leave. This certification will be provided using the DOL Certification of <br />Qualifying Exigency for Military Family Leave. <br />Certification for Serious Injury or Illness of Covered Servicemember for Military Family <br />Leave <br />The city will require certification for the serious injury or illness of the covered <br />servicemember. The employee must respond to such a request within 15 days of the <br />request or provide a reasonable explanation for the delay. Failure to provide certification <br />may result in a denial of continuation of leave. This certification will be provided using the <br />DOL Certification for Serious Injury or Illness of Covered Servicemember. <br />All other provisions of the FMLA policy, including Use of Paid Leave, Employee status and <br />benefits during leave, the Procedure for Requesting Leave, Benefits during Leave, and <br />Reinstatement, are outlined above in the FMLA policy. <br />MN Pregnancy and Parenting Leave Parental Leave Policy has been removed. <br />All employees are entitled to take an unpaid leave of absence under the Minnesota <br />Women's Economic Security Act (WESA). Female employees for prenatal care, or incapacity <br />due to pregnancy, childbirth, or related health conditions as well as a biological or <br />adoptive parent in conjunction with the birth or adoption of a child are eligible for up to <br />twelve (12) weeks of unpaid leave. Any paid or unpaid leave taken for prenatal care <br />medical appointments will not count toward the 12-week leave. <br />Leave must begin within twelve (12) months of the birth or adoption of the child. In the <br />case where the child must remain in the hospital longer than the mother, the leave must <br />begin within twelve (12) months after the child leaves the hospital. Employees should <br />Page 38181 <br />Page 192 of 447 <br />