The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows employees to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons. Employees who have completed twelve months of service within the last seven years and have worked at least 1250 hours during the preceding 12 months are eligible for FMLA. Evergy partners with MetLife to administer FMLA.

FMLA Qualifying Reasons

• The birth of a child and to bond with the newborn child.
• The placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care and bond with that child.
• To care for a spouse, child, or parent with a serious health condition.
• For a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform essential job responsibilities.
• For providing military caregiver leave (up to 26 weeks) to an injured or seriously ill servicemember or veteran in which the employee is the spouse, parent, child, or next of kin.
• For qualifying military exigencies arising out of the fact that the employee’s spouse, child, or parent is a military member on covered active duty/called to duty in a foreign country

View the FMLA guide for information on the FMLA process. To initiate a claim online, log into your account on the My Benefits portal

If you have not registered, view the registration instructions to get started

The below leave options will be used concurrently with FMLA (if applicable) and are only available to non-union employees

Caregiver Leave

Caregiver Leave is available to non-union employees who need to take time off work to care for a family member with a serious health condition. Up to 80 hours of paid time off is available per rolling 12-month period to assist with caregiving responsibilities

Caregiver leave

Maternity Leave

Expecting birth parents who are regular full-time and part-time non-union employees are eligible for time off through Evergy’s non-union leave package. Please see the graphic below for insight on how short-term disability, child bonding, and FMLA (if applicable) all work together:

Maternity leave

Parental Leave

Paid Parental Leave is available for non-union employees to bond with their child after birth, legal adoption, or foster placement. Up to 6 weeks of paid time is available to be used within 12 months. Expecting mothers should reference the maternity section.

Parental Leave

Acute Treatment Leave

Acute Treatment Leave is available to non-union employees who need to take time off work to undergo periods of intermittent but intense medical treatment in order to recover from a serious health condition.

Acute Treatment Leave

To view Evergy leave policies, go to the Intranet page>Policies and Procedures>Human Resources

Short term disability