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titled…
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was revised to…
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Chapter 5, Employee Benefits
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512.412
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Emergencies
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Add the following forms and explain how they are to be used:
n WH-380-E, FMLA Certification of Health Care Provider for Employee’s Serious Health Condition.
n WH-380-F, FMLA Certification of Health Care Provider for Family Member’s Serious Health Condition.
n WH 381, FMLA Notice of Eligibility and Rights and Responsibilities.
n WH-384, FMLA Certification for Qualifying Exigency for Military Family Leave.
n WH-385, FMLA Certification for Serious Injury or Illness of Covered Servicemember — for Military Family Leave.
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513.12
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Sick Leave for Dependent Care
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Update reference to 515.2.
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513.32
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Conditions for Authorization
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513.332
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Unexpected Illness or Injury
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Add reference to the following forms and explain how they are to be used:
n WH-380-E, FMLA Certification of Health Care Provider for Employee’s Serious Health Condition.
n WH-380-F, FMLA Certification of Health Care Provider for Family Member’s Serious Health Condition.
n WH 381, FMLA Notice of Eligibility and Rights and Responsibilities.
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514.22
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Administrative Discretion
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Update reference to 514.41 in item c.
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Exhibit 514.4
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Acceptable Reasons and Instructions
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Update reference to 514.41 in item f.
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515.1
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Purpose
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Delete last sentence.
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515.2
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Definitions
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n Add new definitions.
n Expand existing definitions.
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515.3
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Eligibility
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Add statement that employment periods prior to a break in service of 7 years or more are not counted in determining the 12 months of employment.
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515.41
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Conditions
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Describe conditions that entitle eligible employees to:
n Up to 12 workweeks of FMLA leave within a Postal Service leave year.
n Up to 26 workweeks of leave within a 12-month period to care for a covered service member with a serious injury or illness.
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515.43
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Authorized Hours
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Add provisions for employees who are eligible to take up to 26 workweeks to care for a covered service member as defined in 515.41.
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515.5
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Documentation
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Change title to “Notice and Documentation.”
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515.51
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General
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n Change title to “Notice.”
n Update and clarify how and when employees are required to notify supervisors when they request FMLA leave.
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515.52
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Documentation
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Add section that describes employee’s responsibility to provide complete and sufficient medical certification to establish a serious health condition as defined under FMLA.
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515.52
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Particular Circumstances
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Renumber as 515.53.
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515.521
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New Son or Daughter
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Renumber as 515.531.
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515.522
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Care of Others for Medical Reasons
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n Renumber as 515.532.
n Add provisions for employees who are eligible to take up to 26 workweeks to care for a covered service member as defined in 515.41.
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515.523
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Employee Incapacitation
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Renumber as 515.533.
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515.524
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Return to Work After Employee Incapacitation
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Renumber as 515.534.
Delete reference to Publication 71, Notice for Employees Requesting Leave for Conditions Covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act, May 2005.
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515.535
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Qualifying Exigency
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Add a section that describes procedures for employees requesting FMLA time off because of a qualifying exigency arising out of a family member’s call to covered active duty in the Armed Forces.
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515.53
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Additional Medical Opinions
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n Renumber as 515.54.
n Clarify that for any recertification, whether required or not, the employee bears the cost and the time required for a medical opinion obtained off the clock.
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515.62
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Care of Others for Medical Reasons
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State that leave taken under the provisions of 515.2 may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule.
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515.63
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Exigency Leave
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515.63
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Temporary Change in Duty Assignment
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n Renumber as 515.64.
n Add the words “that is foreseeable based on planned medical treatment” after “reduced work schedule.”
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515.64
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Fair Labor Standards Act
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Renumber as 515.65.
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515.9
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Family Leave Poster
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Update title of poster.
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Chapter 8, Safety, Health, and Environment
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865.1
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Certification Required: All Bargaining Unit Employees and Those Nonbargaining Unit Employees Returning From Non-FMLA Absences
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n Change first word of title from “Certification” to “Clearance.”
n Clarify that the decision to clear an employee to return to work rests with management.
n Clarify and expand requirements and procedures for making decisions about an employee’s return to work.
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865.2
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Intermittent or Reduced Schedule Leave Under FMLA
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Deleted.
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865.3
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Nonbargaining Unit Employees Returning After FMLA Absence
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Renumber as 865.2.
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865.4
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Documentation Required
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n Renumber as 865.3.
n Add reference to 865.1.
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865.5
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Assignments
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Renumber as 865.4.
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865.6
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Fitness-for-Duty Examinations
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Renumber as 865.5.
Change reference from 865.4 to 865.3.
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