An employee is eligible for Family leave if he or she has a total of 12 months service with the U.S.P.S.. The 12 months do not have to be in consecutive. This includes any periods of temporary or casual employment, and worked in the postal service for at least 1250 hours during the 12 month period immediately proceeding the start of leave.
The 1250 hours must be hours actually worked and does not include leave of any kind ( al, sk, admin, court leave, holiday, etc.) The 1250 hours doesn't include overtime worked.
AMOUNT OF LEAVE ALLOWED
You are allowed up to 12 work weeks of absence and must be granted per leave year for one or more covered conditions. The 12 weeks do not have to be consecutive. An employee may take 12 weeks at the end of one leave year and 12 weeks at the beginning of the next leave year and thus use 24 consecutive weeks of F.M.L.A protected leave each year. When an on the job injury results in a serious health condition, time off under c.o.p. and or o.w.c.p. is counted as part of the 12 work weeks per year for F.M.L.A purpose.
DISCIPLINE & FAMILY LEAVE
An employee may not be removed, discipline or placed on restricted sick leave as a result of approved use of family leave.
Family leave covered conditions
1. Because of the birth of a son, daughter and to care for the son or daughter during the first year after birth.
2. Because of the placement of a son or daughter with the employee for adoption or foster care.
3. For the employee's own serious health condition including pregnancy and prenatal care, that makes employee unable to perform his or her job.
In all circumstances it is the supervisor's responsibility to designate the leave as family leave and give notice of the designation on the employee's copy of the 3971. Should the supervisor fail to meet his or hers obligation to notify the employee of their rights and responsibilities under the family leave act the leave by law will be deemed covered under the family leave act.
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Last Updated June 1, 1999 by JAIME GARCIA, JR