CONDITIONS FOR FMLA FMLA leave may be taken for the following reasons:  birth of a child, or to care or bond with a newly-born child;  placement of a child with the employee and/or the employee’s registered domestic partner for adoption or foster care or to care or bond with the child;  to care for an immediate family member (employee’s spouse, registered domestic partner, child, registered domestic partner’s child, or parent) with a serious health condition;  because of the employee’s serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the employee’s job;  to care for a Covered Servicemember with a serious injury or illness related to certain types of military service (see Military-Related FMLA Leave for more details); or,  to handle certain qualifying exigencies arising out of the fact that the employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent is on duty under a call or order to active duty in the Uniformed Services (up to 12 weeks) (see Military-Related FMLA Leave for more details). The maximum amount of leave that may be taken in a 12-month period for all reasons combined is twelve (12) weeks, with one exception. For leave to care for a Covered Servicemember, the maximum combined leave entitlement is twenty-six (26) weeks, with leaves for all other reasons constituting no more than twelve (12) of those twenty-six (26) weeks. DEFINITIONS Covered Active Duty For current active duty members of the armed forces, “covered active duty” means duty during deployment to a foreign country. For members of a reserve component of the Armed Forces, “covered active duty” means:  duty during service in a foreign country as part of any operation designated by the Secretary of Defense as one in which members of the Armed Forces are or may become involved in military actions, operations, or hostilities against an enemy of the United States or against an opposing military force;  an operation that results in a call to duty of certain members of the Armed Forces from retirement, the reserves, the National Guard, or state militias; or  any other operation which is the result of a national emergency declared by the President or Congress. Covered Servicemember Means: 1. a current member of the Armed Forces (including National Guard or Reserves) who has suffered a Serious Injury or Illness incurred in the line of duty for which he or she is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy; is otherwise in outpatient status; or is on the Temporary Disability Retired List; or BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS | 22