AI Content Chat (Beta) logo

working that job while on leave from the Company if medically able to do so, but such an employee may not seek and hold other employment to replace the employee’s employment with the Company while on leave. This policy remains in force during all leaves of absence including FMLA and/or CFRA leave and violation may result in disciplinary action, up to and including immediate termination of employment. Fraud Providing false or misleading information or omitting material information in connection with an FMLA and/or CFRA leave will result in disciplinary action, up to and including immediate termination. MILITARY-RELATED FMLA FMLA leave may also be available to eligible employees in connection with certain service-related medical and non-medical needs of family members. There are two forms of such leave. The first is Military Caregiver Leave, and the second is Qualifying Exigency Leave. Each of these leaves is detailed below. Definitions A “Covered Servicemember” is either: (1) a current Servicemember of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or Reserves, with a serious injury or illness incurred in the line of duty for which the Servicemember is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy, is otherwise in outpatient status, or is otherwise on the temporary disability retired list; or (2) a “covered veteran” who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy for a serious injury or illness. A “covered veteran” is an individual who was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable during the five (5) year period prior to the first date the eligible employee takes FMLA leave to care for the covered veteran. The period between October 28, 2009 and March 8, 2013 is excluded in determining this five (5) year period. The FMLA definitions of “serious injury or illness” for current Servicemembers and veterans are distinct from the FMLA definition of “serious health condition.” For purposes of Military-Related FMLA Leave, the term “serious injury or illness” means an injury or illness incurred by the Servicemember in the line of duty while on active duty in the Armed Forces that may render the Servicemember medically unfit to perform the duties of the Servicemember’s office, grade, rank, or rating, or one that existed before the beginning of active duty and was aggravated by service in the line of duty while on active duty. With regard to covered veterans, the serious injury or illness may manifest itself before or after the individual assumed veteran status, and is: (1) a continuation of a serious injury or illness that was incurred or aggravated when the covered veteran was a member of the Armed Forces and rendered the Servicemember unable to perform the duties of the Servicemember’s office, grade, rank or rating; (2) a physical or mental condition for which the covered veteran has received a VA Service Related Disability Rating (VASRD) of 50 percent or greater and such VASRD rating is based, in whole or in part, on the condition precipitating the need for caregiver leave; (3) a Revised January 2024 Page 45 of 55

2024 AJK Employee Handbook - Page 50 2024 AJK Employee Handbook Page 49 Page 51