Certification of Qualifying Exigency for Military Family Leave (FMLA)
For Completion by the Employee
Please complete fully and completely. FMLA permits an employer to require that you submit a timely, complete, and sufficient certification to support a
request for FMLA leave due to a qualifying exigency. The questions in this section require a response as to the frequency or duration of the qualifying
exigency. Be as specific as you can; terms such as “unknown,” or “indeterminate” may not be sufficient to determine FMLA coverage. Your response is
required to obtain a benefit. While you are not required to provide this information, failure to do so may result in a denial of your request for FMLA leave.
You have 15 calendar days to return this form to UAB Human Resources at: 701 South 20
th
Street, AB 254 or via fax 205.996.9954
Full Name:____________________________________________________
Employee ID Number:________________________
Job Title: ___________________________ _________________________
Employee Phone Number: ____________________
Department: ___________________________________________________
Department Contact Number:__________________
Name of covered military member on active duty or call to active duty status in support of a contingency operation:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Last Name
First Name
MI
Relationship of covered military member to you: __________________________________________________________________________________
Period of covered military member’s active duty: _________________________________________________________________________________
You must provide complete and sufficient certification to support a request for FMLA leave due to a qualifying exigency including written documentation
to confirm the military member’s active duty or call to active duty status in support of a contingency operation. Please check one of the following:
_______ A copy of the covered military member’s active duty orders is attached.
_______ Other documentation from the military certifying that the covered military member is on active duty (or has been notified of an impending call
to active duty) in support of a contingency operation is attached.
_______ I have previously provided my employer with sufficient written documentation confirming the military member’s active duty or call to active
duty status in support of a contingency operation
Part A. QUALIFYING REASON FOR LEAVE
1. Please check the applicable box below and then describe the reason for leave:
_______ Rest and recuperation – up to 5 days leave to spend time with military member during temporary, rest and recuperation
_______ Military events and related activities – official ceremonies, programs, or events sponsored by military related to active duty call
_______ Counseling activities – provided by someone other than health care provider for the employee, military member, or military member’s child
_______ Childcare and school activities – to make alternative childcare arrangements, enroll in or transfer military member’s child, or to attend
meetings at school or daycare
_______ Financial and legal arrangements
_______ Post-deployment activities – to attend arrival ceremonies, briefings or the official ceremonies or programs sponsored by the military and
events for a period of 90 days following termination of military member’s active status.
_______ Short notice deployment activities – up to 7 days leave if military member receives less than 7 days notice of impending call to active duty to
active duty
2. A complete and sufficient certification to support a request for FMLA leave due to qualifying exigency includes any available written documentation
which supports the need for leave; documentation may include a copy of a meeting announcement for the informational briefings sponsored by the
military, a copy of a bill for services for the handling of legal or financial affairs, document confirming appointment with school official or counselor, etc.
Available written documentation supporting this request for leave is attached.
__________Yes
__________No
__________None available
Revised 02/2011