 Employee is (1) the parent giving birth to the child; (2) the spouse or partner of the parent giving birth to the child; (3) the primary adoptive parent of a child under 18 years of age; or (4) the new permanent foster parent of a child under 18 years of age. PARENTAL LEAVE RELATED TO CHILDBIRTH Upon certification of the leave by a Doctor, the paid parental leave period will be covered as follows:  Parental Leave begins the eighth day of the accident/illness. The Employee will be required to use five (5) of their PTO days during the first seven (7) calendar days.  LHD will pay one hundred percent (100%) of the Employee’s normal salary for the next twenty-three (23) calendar days (Days 8 through 30).  LHD will pay eighty-five percent (85%) of the Employee’s normal salary for the next thirty (30) calendar days (Days 31 through 60).  LHD will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the Employee’s normal salary for the remaining thirty (30) calendar days (Days 61 through 90).  Parental Leave Related to Adoption  Upon certification of the adoption or foster-home placement, the parental leave period for the primary caregiver will be offered to the as follows:  Parental Leave begins the eighth day of the accident/illness. The Employee will be required to use five (5) of their PTO days during the first seven (7) calendar days.  LHD will pay one hundred percent (100%) of the Employee’s normal salary for the next twenty-three (23) calendar days (Days 8 through 30).  LHD will pay eighty-five percent (85%) of the Employee’s normal salary for the next thirty (30) calendar days (Days 31 through 60).  LHD will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the Employee’s normal salary for the remaining thirty (30) calendar days (Days 61 through 90). PATERNITY & NON-BIRTHING PARTNER LEAVE For Paternity and Partner leave, LHD will allow the father or non-birthing Partner to stay home to care for the child/mother up to five (5) days at one hundred percent (100%) of the Employee’s normal salary. ADDITIONAL CRITERIA Eligible employees may take Parental Leave up to a maximum of ninety (90) days in a rolling 12-month period following the birth, adoption, or permanent foster care placement of a child with the employee. Multiple births, adoptions or permanent foster care placements in a year does not change this maximum amount. BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS | 29