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• Additional activities — To address any other events which arise out of the covered military member's active duty or call to active duty status that the employer and employee have agreed upon. Length of Leave Qualifying Exigency Leave: The length of FMLA leave is not to exceed 12 weeks in a 12 month period and the leave year is a rolling 12 month period measured forward from the first date leave is used. For example, an employee who takes 12 weeks of FMLA leave beginning on March 1 would not be entitled to any additional FMLA leave until the following March 1. The maximum 12 weeks of FMLA leave cannot be carried over from year to year. The actual leave entitlement shall depend on the employee's regular work schedule. For example, full -time employees who work the equivalent of 5 days a week would be entitled to 60 days (or 480 hours) of leave every 12 -month period and part-time employees who regularly work 3 full days each week, would be entitled to 36 days (or 288 hours) of leave every 12 -month period. Military Caregiver Leave: The length of FMLA leave is not to exceed 26 weeks in a "single 12 month period" to care for the servicemember with a serious injury or illness. The "single 12 month period" begins on the first day the employee takes FMLA for this reason and ends 12 months after this date. If an employee does not take all of their 26 weeks of leave entitlement to care for a covered servicemember during this `single 12 month period", the remaining part of their leave is forfeited. The actual leave entitlement shall depend on the employee's regular work schedule. For example, full -time employees who work the equivalent of 5 days a week would be entitled to 130 days (or 1040 hours) during the "single 12 month period" and part-time employees who regularly work 3 full work days each week, would be entitled to 78 days (or 624 hours) of leave during the 'single 12 month period." The leave entitlement applies on a per - covered- servicemember, per -injury basis so that an eligible employee may be entitled to take more than one period of 26 weeks of leave if the leave is to care for a different covered servicemember or to care for the same servicemember with a different serious injury or illness. Combined Total FMLA Leave Entitlement An eligible employee is limited to a combined total of 12 weeks for a FMLA - qualifying reason as stipulated in this Article and in Article 21, with the exception that if the qualifying reason is to care for a covered service member, then the combined total is 26 weeks in the 'single 12 -month period ". (Only 12 of the 26 weeks total may be used however for a FMLA - qualifying reason other than to care for a covered service member). For example, an employee may not take more than 12 weeks of FMLA leave for a qualifying exigency event during the "single 12 -month period ", even if the employee takes fewer than 14 weeks of FMLA leave to care for a covered service member. —43— • • •