A. The County may elect to designate certain salaried employees who are among the highest paid 10 percent of all employees as Federal FMLA-eligible key employees whose employment restoration may be denied if such restoration of employment would cause substantial and grievous economic injury to the operations of the County.

B. The use of Federal FMLA or State PFML will not alter or amend the benefit accrual policies of Pierce County. The use of intermittent leave may affect leave benefit accruals if it prevents the employee from being in a pay status at least 70 percent of the employee's standard pay cycle as defined by County policy.

C. Salaried executive, administrative and professional employees exempt from minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act may use unpaid Federal FMLA leave or, if authorized, intermittent Federal FMLA leave in less than full-day increments without jeopardizing their FLSA exempt status.