ECCC Policies & Procedures

Policy No: 721.2

Policy Contact: Vice President for Business Operations

Policy Title: FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993

East Central Community College shall comply with all of the provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. A full-time employee is entitled to 12 weeks of FMLA leave. The leave eligibility period is a “rolling” 12- month period measured backward from the date an employee uses FMLA leave. A covered employee must provide notice to the College of the need for FMLA leave: (a) for leave that is foreseeable – 30 days notice (b) for leave that is unforeseeable – as soon as practicable. The employee must use accrued paid leave, such as vacation and/or sick leave, for all of the FMLA leave; when paid leave is exhausted the employee will be on leave without pay. The College will notify the employee in writing that an absence is being designated as FMLA leave on the appropriate U.S. Department of Labor Form WH-381, Appendix A-12. For purposes of this law, an employee’s spouse, children (son or daughter), and parents are immediate family members. An employee must advise the College if leave is to be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule basis. An employee must comply with arrangements to make group health benefit co-payments. (Eligibility for regular health benefits will continue during FMLA leave.) An employee must periodically advise the College of intent to return to work at the conclusion of leave. An employee must notify the College of any change in the circumstances for which leave is being taken. An employee must provide the College with a fitness for duty certification when leave was taken for a personal, serious health condition. The College and the employee will adhere to all of the provisions of the FMLA. Consecutive absence in relation to sick leave of more than 3 days will trigger provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.

(Revised 6/8/10)

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