Benefits Handbook Links - Updated February 2023

For purposes of this policy, a serious health condition is an illness, injury, impairment or physical or mental condition that involves inpatient care in a hospital, hospice or residential medical care facility, or continuing treatment by a health care provider. Even if you are not eligible for CFRA leave, if you are disabled by pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, you are entitled to take a pregnancy disability leave of up to four months, depending on your period(s) of actual disability. The details of this policy are discussed below under the “Pregnancy Disability Leave” section. Length of Leave. Leave under the CFRA is limited to a total of twelve (12) work weeks during a twelve (12)-month period. In determining the amount of CFRA available to you, we will consider the twelve-month period preceding the date the leave is to be used. Leave taken to care for a sick family member or because of your own serious health condition may be taken intermittently or on a reduced work schedule when medically necessary and supported by certification from your doctor or other health care professional. In such a situation, however, you may be transferred temporarily to a position which, at the discretion of the Firm, better accommodates the leave schedule, but is equivalent in pay and benefits to the position held prior to the leave. Venable may require leave taken for the birth of a child, or for the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, to be taken in certain blocks of time, in accordance with the FMLA and CFRA. Pay Status During Leave. Your pay status during a period of leave under the CFRA will depend on the reason for the leave, the length of the leave and the amount of available accrued but unused sick and PTO leave as of the beginning of the leave. The sick and PTO leave you have available may, if you elect, be used to cover all or a portion

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