Under federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), you are eligible for up to 12 weeks of unpaid family and medical leave per year after one year of service if you worked at least 1,250 hours in the 12 months before your leave. Any paid leave (such as sick pay) runs concurrently with and is counted as part of the 12-week period (applicable state FMLA laws may provide for a longer leave). If your leave is approved, you may be able to continue benefits during the leave.

You may request a family and medical leave of absence:

FMLA also means no more than 26 weeks of leave of absence (paid or unpaid) during any single 12-month period to care for your spouse, son, daughter, parent or next of kin who is a covered service member with a serious injury or illness incurred in the line of duty while on active duty. This serious injury or illness may render the service member medically unfit to perform his or her duties and is one for which the service member is:

The company continues to share the cost of medical and dental coverage while you are on an approved family and medical leave as long as you continue to pay your share of the premiums. You continue to pay the full cost for vision coverage. Your coverage will stop if your payments are not kept current. Your coverage will resume when you return from your leave of absence provided you notify your benefit administrator within 31 days of your return.

Coverage for basic life insurance will continue during your leave and the company will continue to pay for your coverage.

For coverage to continue, you must pay your premiums for supplemental life, dependent life, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance and group legal insurance coverage during your leave. Your coverage will stop if your premium payments are not kept current. If your coverage ends, you are required to provide proof of good health before you can resume the supplemental and dependent life insurance.

Company-provided coverage for long-term disability will continue during your leave.

As long as you continue to pay your share of medical premiums, you can choose to continue your HSA contributions — or you may change them at anytime.

You may continue contributions to your Health Care Flexible Spending Account during your leave by making contributions on an after-tax basis. Although you will not have any tax advantages, by continuing to make contributions you can still file claims for reimbursement of covered expenses. Your contributions to your Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account will be suspended during your leave because you can only use that account for dependent care expenses incurred while you are working.

If you are on an approved military leave of absence that qualifies under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), participation in your health benefits may continue for the lesser of:

The company continues to share the cost of medical and dental coverage while you are on a military leave for up to one year. After one year of military leave, you may be able to continue your participation in medical and dental benefits through COBRA. More information is provided in Continuation of Coverage.

Your benefits will continue under the same conditions as a family and medical leave for a period of time not to exceed 12 months, depending on local laws and the custom at your location.

The company continues to share the cost of medical and dental coverage while you are on an approved extended medical leave as long as you continue to pay your share of the premiums. You continue to pay the full cost for vision coverage.

Your basic life insurance will continue during the first 12 months of extended medical leave, and you can continue your supplemental life coverage by continuing to pay the premiums for the same time. If you become disabled, you may request a premium waiver through the insurance carrier as long as your disability began before you reached age 60. If the waiver is not approved, coverage will end after you have been absent from work for 12 months. If the waiver is approved, your premiums will be waived as long as you provide certification of continuous disability, as requested by the carrier.

Benefits will end on the earliest date you:

You can continue dependent life, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) and group legal insurance coverage during the first 12 months of your extended medical leave by continuing to pay the premiums. Coverage will end after you have been absent from work for 12 months. At the end of the 12 months, you may apply for conversion or portability of dependent life.

Company-provided coverage for long-term disability will continue for up to six months.

As long as you continue to pay your share of medical premiums (for up to 12 months), you can choose to continue your HSA contributions — or you may change them at any time.

You may continue contributions to your Health Care Flexible Spending Account during your disability by making contributions on an after-tax basis. Although you will not have any tax advantages, by continuing to make contributions you can still file claims for reimbursement of covered expenses. Your contributions to your Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account will be suspended, but you may continue to reimburse eligible day care expenses while you are disabled, up to $200 or $400 per month, depending on the number of children.

Personal Leave

Medical, Dental and Vision Plans

Basic Life Insurance

Supplemental Life Insurance, Dependent Life, AD&D Insurance and Group Legal Insurance

Long-Term Disability

Health Savings Account

Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts