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411 Qualifying Exigency Leave • • An eligible employee who is the spouse, son, daughter or parent of a military member, may take up to 12 weeks of leave during a 12 month period for qualifying exigencies arising out of the fact that the military family member is on active duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty, in support of a contingency operation. It should be noted that per the terms of the federal statute, qualifying exigency leave is available only to a family member of a military member in the National Guard or Reserves and it does not extend to family members of military members in the Regular Armed Forces. Qualifying Exigencies include: • Short notice (7 days or Tess) deployment — can take up to 7 days leave to address any issues that arise due to a short notice of a call to active duty. • Military events and related activities - to attend any official ceremony, program or event sponsored by the military or to attend family support or assistance programs sponsored or promoted by the military, military service organizations, or the American Red Cross that are all related to the active duty or call to active duty status of a covered military member. • Childcare — to arrange for alternative childcare, to provide childcare on a non - routine, urgent, immediate need basis, to enroll or transfer a child in a new school or day care facility, and to attend certain meetings at a school or a day care facility if they are necessary due to circumstances arising from the active duty or call to active duty of the covered military member. • Financial and legal arrangements - to make or update financial and legal arrangements to address a covered military member's absence while on active duty or call to active duty status, such as preparing and executing financial and healthcare powers of attorney, transferring bank account signature authority, obtaining military identification cards, or preparing or updating a will or living trust. • Counseling - to attend counseling provided by someone other than a health care provider for oneself, the covered military member, or the child of the covered military member, the need for which arises from the active duty or call to active duty status of the covered military member. • Rest and recuperation — can take up to 5 days of leave to spend time with a covered military member who is on short -term temporary rest and recuperation leave during the period of deployment. • Post - deployment activities — to attend arrival ceremonies, reintegration briefings and events, and any other official ceremony or program sponsored by the military for a period of 90 days following the termination of the covered military member's active duty status and to address issues that arise from the death of a covered military member while on active duty status, such as recovering the body of the covered military member and making funeral arrangements.