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City of Arden Hills Personnel Policy Effective February 29,2016 FMLA -- QUALIFIED EXIGENCY AND MILITARY CAREGIVER LEAVE Qualified Exigency: Eligible employees (described previously under FMLA) 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) child care and school activities, (3) financial and legal arrangements, 5) counseling, 6) rest and recuperation, (7) post-deployment activities and 8) additional activities that arise out of active duty, provided that the employer and employee agree, including agreement on timing and duration of the leave. Military Caregiver Leave: An employee eligible for FMLA leave (described previously under FMLA) who is the spouse, son, daughter, or parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember may take up to 26 weeks in a single 12-month period to take care of leave 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, or a member of the Armed Forces, the National Guard or Reserves who is on the temporary disability retired list,who has a serious injury or illness incurred in the line of duty on active duty for which he or she is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy; or otherwise in outpatient status; or otherwise 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, and members on the permanent disability retired list. 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 stood in loco parentis to the covered servicemember. This term does not include parents "in law." The "next of kin of a covered servicemember" is the nearest blood relative, other than the covered servicemember' s spouse,parent, son, or daughter,in the following order of priority: blood relatives who have been granted legal custody of the servicemember by court decree or statutory provisions, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles,and first cousins,unless the covered servicemember 58