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WHAT IS FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE? The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Oregon Family and Medical Leave Act (OFLA) protect an eligible employee's absence from work under certain conditions. Federal and state laws determine if you are eligible and if your absence qualifies as FMLA or OFLA and how much leave time you may take. AM I ELIGIBLE FOR FMLA AND OFLA LEAVE? The City uses a "rolling backward year" to determine an employee's FMLA and OFLA leave entitlement. This means the City looks backward on the calendar for one year from the first day of your requested leave. This method fells the City if you are eligible for FMLA or OFLA leave and how much of this leave you have available to use. To be eligible for FMLA or OFLA leave you must meet the following requirements: 'A e e for FIUJLA Employees Eligible for OFLA haptayee trustque beetT dmla� ea by therfyf Employee must have been employed by the City of ugene'f�rrtofal o qt leas# T2 rpoC the (tf monkhS ate, i Eugene for a period of 180 calendar days non consecutroe {here cats bar fmole thah cf seven immediately preceding the date leave begins; and "�+eaX bteakfn ser>�ce} trrid'� `� •: Employt�e thus€ have urrked dt ledst 125a hours Employee must have worked an average of 25 hours etllCtn� h 12 t th pef 44(m)rliediatelyptecetl n per week during the 180 -day period, unless the leave is to care for a newborn child or newly placed the I &e ^ z adopted or foster chid (Parental leave). When counting the number of hours worked to determine eligibility, the City counts all hours the employee was actually at work, employment as a state temporary worker, and qualifying absences for military leave. Paid or unpaid leave time does not count as hours worked, including hours coded to FMLA and OFLA. WHAT ARE QUALIFYING REASONS TO TAKE FMLA AND OFLA LEAVE? Under both FMLA and OFLA, you may take leave for these reasons 1 . To seek treatment for or recover from your own serious health condition. This includes pregnancy related disability and absences for prenatal care. 2. To care for your husband or wife, your parent or your biological, adopted, step or foster child with a serious health condition. Parent includes someone who stood "in loco parentis" (in place of a parent) when the employee was a child. Child includes someone to whom the employee stands "in loco parentis ". 3. For Parental leave, which is leave to care for your newbom, newly adopted or newly placed foster child in your home. Under FMLA, you may also take leave for these reasons 1. For FMLA Covered Servicemember Leave, which is leave to care for your husband or wife, parent, child, or next of kin, who is a covered servicemember, with a serious injury or illness incurred in the line of duty on federal active duty. 2. For FMLA Qualifying Exigency Leave, which is leave to tend to exigencies resulting from your spouse, parent, or child being called into federal active duty. Under OFLA, you may also take leave for these reasons 1. To care for your same -sex domestic partner with a serious health condition. 2. To care for your or your domestic partner's biological, adopted, step or foster child of any age with a serious health condition. 3. To care for your parent -in -law or your domestic partner's parent with a serious health condition. d. To care for your grandparent or grandchild with a serious health condition. 5. For Sick Child leave, which is leave to provide care for your child or your spouse's or domestic partner's child with a non - serious health condition who needs home care. This does not include routine medical or Family and Medical Leave Guide Page 2 of 8