placement, such as counseling sessions, court appearances, consultations with lawyers or doctors, and/or travel. Spouses employed by Virginia Wesleyan University are entitled to a combined total of 12 weeks of leave for this purpose. The leave(s) must be completed within the first 12 months after the child’s birth or placement. Medical leave for employee’s own serious health condition. Eligible employees may take up to 12 weeks of unpaid FMLA leave during the 12-month leave year if a serious health condition leaves them unable to perform essential job functions. “Serious health condition” means any illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves either • any period of incapacity (such as inability to work, attend school or perform other regular daily activities) or treatment connected with inpatient care (that is, an overnight stay) in a hospital, hospice or residential medical care facility, as well as any period of incapacity or subsequent treatment in connection with such inpatient care; or o continuing treatment by a health care provider that includes any period of incapacity • lasting more than three consecutive full calendar days that requires treatment by a health care provider within the first seven days and • a second provider visit within the first 30 days after the first day of incapacity (unless circumstances beyond the employee’s control – such o as the provider’s lack of available appointments – prevent the follow-up visit from occurring as planned) or o a continuing regimen of treatment under the health care provider’s supervision; • caused by pregnancy or prenatal care (a visit to the health care provider is not necessary for each absence); • caused by a chronic serious health condition that requires treatment by a health care provider at least twice per year (not for each absence), continues over an extended period (including recurring episodes of a single underlying condition), and may cause episodic rather than continuing incapacity (as can happen, for example, with asthma, diabetes or epilepsy); • caused by a permanent or long-term condition (such as Alzheimer’s, a severe stroke or terminal cancer) for which treatment may not be effective (so only supervision rather than active treatment by a health care provider is required); or • involving absences to receive multiple treatments for restorative surgery or for a condition that would probably cause incapacity of more than three consecutive full calendar days if not treated (such as chemotherapy or radiation treatments for cancer). Family leave for a family member with a serious health condition. Eligible employees may take up to 12 weeks of unpaid FMLA leave during the 12-month leave year to care for a spouse, son, daughter or parent with a serious health condition, as defined above. A son or daughter must be younger than age 18, unless incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability. In-laws are not family members for this purpose. Spouses employed by Virginia Wesleyan University are entitled to a combined total of 12 weeks of family leave to care for sick parents. Military family leave for qualifying exigencies. Eligible employees may take up to 12 weeks of FMLA leave during the 12-month leave year for one or more of the following qualifying exigencies related to a spouse, son, daughter or parent being on active duty or called to active duty status in the National Guard or Reserves in support of a contingency operation: •
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