Fortune International Group provides unpaid domestic leave benefits to all employees who have passed the Introductory Period or the initial ninety (90) day work period. Employees will be allowed to take leave for up to and including three (3) working days in any 12-month period if the employee or a family or household member of the employee is a victim of domestic violence or sexual violence.
The employee must use this leave to:
1. Seek an injunction for protection against domestic violence or an injunction for protection in cases of repeat violence, dating violence, or sexual violence
2. Obtain medical care or mental health counseling, or both, for the employee or a family or household member to address physical or psychological injuries resulting from the act of domestic violence or sexual violence
3. Obtain services from a victim services organization, including, but not limited to, a domestic violence shelter or program or a rape crisis center as a result of the act of domestic violence or sexual violence
4. Make the employee’s home secure from the perpetrator of the domestic violence or sexual violence or to seek new housing to escape the perpetrator
5. Seek legal assistance in addressing issues arising from the act of domestic violence or sexual violence or to attend and prepare for court-related proceedings arising from the act of domestic violence or sexual violence
Except in cases of imminent danger to the health or safety of the employee, or to the health or safety of a family or household member, an employee seeking leave under this policy must provide Fortune International Group appropriate ten (10) day advance notice of the leave along with sufficient documentation of the actions taken during the leave.
Although leave taken under this policy is unpaid leave, the employee may elect to use any available accrued PTO time.
All information relating to leave taken under this policy is highly confidential and exempt from disclosure except as required by law.
Fortune International Group will not discriminate nor retaliate against any employee seeking leave under this policy. Moreover, Fortune International Group will not tolerate such behavior from any employee.