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E. FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA)

1. Purpose

Auria Solutions USA, Inc. (“Auria” or the “Company”), values all its employees and wants to work with them to ensure full compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). The following procedures apply with respect to any employee requesting family or medical leave

2. Eligibility

Employees who have been employed by the Company for at least one year and who have worked at least 1,250 hours, excluding vacations, during the previous 12 months are eligible for FMLA leave. Eligibility will be determined as of the date the leave commences. As with any leave of absence, Employees may not engage in other employment, including self- employment, while on FMLA leave or on a Company leave of absence of any kind. A leave must be used only for the purpose requested.

Employees will be required to take 40 hours of paid time off (including vacation, sick leave, workers compensation leave and disability leave) per each occurrence of any leave of absence

3. FMLA-Qualifying Reasons

FMLA leave may be taken for any of the following reasons:

a. To care for an employee’s child after birth or placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care.

b. Due to the serious health condition of the employee, spouse, parent or child of the employee; a) The term “spouse” means a husband or wife as defined or recognized under the state law in which the employee resides and does not include unmarried domestic partners.

c. To care for a covered service member with a serious injury or illness if the employee is the spouse, child, parent, or next of kin of the covered service member.

Next of kin” means, in order, blood relative granted legal custody, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts or uncles, and first cousins.

“Covered service member” means: a current member of the Armed Forces, including National Guard or Reserves, who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation or therapy, is otherwise in outpatient status, or is otherwise on the temporary disability retired list, for a serious injury or illness; or a covered veteran who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy for a serious injury or illness. “Covered veteran” means an individual who was a member of the Armed Forces, including National Guard or Reserves, and was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable discharge at any time during the five-year period before the first date the eligible employee takes FMLA leave to care for the covered veteran.

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