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child upon birth or in connection with a child's placement with the employee for adoption or foster care. c. Family Care Leave of Absence: Employees may be granted a family care leave of absence for the purpose of caring for the employee's child, spouse, parent, or grandparent who has a serious health condition (under the FMLA), or if the condition is not considered a serious health condition pursuant to the FMLA, up to five days of accrued sick leave per year (not per incident) may be used in one (1) hour blocks of time (medical certification may be required). Under the FMLA, the City requires certification of the family member's serious health condition, both before the leave begins and on a periodic basis thereafter, by the family member's health care provider. • d. Personal Leave of Absence: Employees may be granted an unpaid leave of absence to attend to personal matters in cases in which the City determines that an extended period of time away from the job will be in the best interest of the employee and the City wed and approved by the City Manager. In certain circumstances, the City Manager may authorize paid leave provided the employee has accrued time available, i.e., vacation. Employees will not accrue vacation time, sick leave, seniority or length of service during this time. e. Military Leave of Absence: A military leave of absence will be granted if an employee is absent in order to serve in the uniformed services of the United States for a period of up to five years (not including certain involuntary extensions of service) pursuant with the requirements of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) and Florida laws under Title X, Ch. 115 regarding military leave. An employee is eligible for military leave beginning the first day of employment. Employees who perform and return from service in the Armed Forces, the Military Reserves, the National Guard, or certain Public Health Service positions will retain certain rights with respect to reinstatement, seniority, layoff, compensation, length of service promotions, and length of service pay increases, as required by applicable federal or state law. During participation in annual encampment or training duty in the U.S. Military Reserves or the National Guard, the employee may be eligible to have the City pay normal straight time pay and eligible benefits for up to 17 working days in any annual period; the employee may be eligible to receive an unpaid leave of absence (or paid if the employee has accrued vacation, personal, or comp time available) for any voluntary activation thereafter. For Involuntary activation for thirty (30) or more calendar days as result of a state or national emergency, the employee may be eligible to CODING: Words stricken are deletions, words underlined are additions. Policy 704:1 —Leaves of Absence Page 2 of 4