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Reliant employees may be eligible for up to 12 weeks of leave during a 12-month period if they have been employed by Reliant for at least one year. Employees may be eligible for family or medical leave for one of the reasons listed below:

• The birth of a child and in order care for the child
• The placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care and to care for the newly placed child
• To care for a child, spouse, or parent with a serious health condition
• When the employee is unable to perform the functions of his or her position due to a serious health condition
• When an employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent who is a member of the Armed Forces (including National Guard and Reserves) and who is on active duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty, the employee may take leave in the case of one of the following qualifying events or circumstances related to the call-up or service:
• short-notice deployment
• military events and activities
• child care and school activities
• financial and legal arrangements
• counseling
• rest and recuperation
• post-deployment activities
• additional activities that arise out of active duty, provided that Reliant and employee agree, including agreement on timing and duration of the leave

The employee may take leave in 12 consecutive weeks, may use the leave intermittently, or, under certain circumstances, may use the leave to reduce the workweek or workday, resulting in a reduced hour schedule. In all cases, the leave may not exceed a total of 12 workweeks over a 12-month period.

For the birth, adoption, or foster care of a child, the supervisor and the employee must mutually agree to the schedule before the employee may take the leave intermittently or work a reduced-hour schedule. Leave for birth, adoption, or foster care of a child must be taken within one year of the birth or placement of the child.

In the case when spouses who are eligible for leave both work at the same ministry or church, they may be limited to a combined total of 12 weeks of leave during any 12-month period if the leave is taken to care for the employee’s parent with a serious health condition, for the birth of a child or to care for the child after birth, or for placement of a child for adoption or foster care or to care for the child after placement. Employees should coordinate with their supervisor and/or partner church or ministry if this situation applies to them. 

Employees are able to use available accrued PTO during Family or Medical Leave in addition to applicable benefits such as Paid Parental Leave. During a Medical Leave, Reliant employees may be eligible for Short-Term Disability. Please see this Common Parental Leave Scenarios page for more information.  

Please note, Reliant's Family and Medical Leave Policy is not subject to the standards and definitions set forth in the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA").