Evaluate Need

When a position becomes vacant, or there is the need to establish a new position, begin by reviewing the department’s organizational needs in general.

Respond to these questions for vacant positions:

Family and Medical Leave Act

The FMLA is a Federal law that provides eligible employees with up to twelve (12) weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for family and medical reasons, including qualifying exigencies that arise when an employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent has been called to duty.  The FMLA also provides eligible employees with up to 26-weeks of leave in a single 12-month period to care for a covered service member with a serious health condition or illness when the employee is the service member’s spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin.