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Item No: 07E <br />Meeting Date: January 11, 2010 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />Administrator Review : ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Clerk-Administrator <br /> <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7563, Revising Section 2.05 of the <br />Personnel Manual in Regard to the Family Medical <br />Leave Act (FMLA) <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act <br />(NDAA), which expands coverage for military exigency leave and military caregiver leave <br />under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In 2008, an earlier NDAA signed by <br />President Bush created the categories of military exigency and caregiver leave under the <br />FMLA. NDAA provides exigency leave coverage to family members of those in the Armed <br />Forces during deployment to a foreign country. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />In accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR § 825.126), eligible employees <br />may take FMLA leave for a qualifying exigency involving the employee’s spouse, son, <br />daughter, or parent of an active military service member or is notified of an impending call or <br />order to active duty (Military Family Leave). Qualifying exigency includes the following <br />categories: <br /> <br />a. Short-notice deployment (leave taken for this purpose can be used for a <br />period of 7 calendar days beginning on the date a covered military member <br />is notified of an impending call or order to active duty): <br /> <br />b, Military events and related activities (including family support or assistance <br />programs and informal briefings); <br /> <br />c. Childcare and school activities (e.g. to arrange for alternative childcare, <br />provide childcare on an urgent, immediate need basis or to attend meetings <br />at a school or daycare facility) <br /> <br />d. Financial or legal arrangements (e.g., to prepare and execute powers of <br />attorney, enroll for military health care or to prepare a will or living trust); <br /> <br />f. Rest and recuperation (e.g., to spend time with a covered military member <br />who is on short term, temporary, rest and recuperation leave during the <br />period of deployment. Eligible employees may take up to 5 days of leave per <br />instance). <br /> <br />