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... more in terms of public relations. Just as with trade associations, such memberships are only as good as your level of participation. Seek out elected offices, serve as a spokesperson, take on special interest committee work. Among the personal benefits you may experience, other members will come to think of you as a mover and shaker and rely on your guidance. Not a bad persona for an insurance agent. Plus, the more active you are, the more chance you will be seen as a spokesperson for your group when local media cover your activities. CHARITY WORK. Nearly all the civic membership items just mentioned apply to charity work. One distinct advantage is that you don't have to look for a charity to join, you can start your own. Just pick a local shelter, hospice, or any other nonprofit organization that benefits your community and build your own fund-raising program for them. A Ford dealership in Southern New Jersey selected five charities to help, ranging from an orphanage to a hospital. Starting with raffles, this dealership now actually produces major concerts to raise funds. The dealership has also joined forces with one of the banks and one of the supermarkets for co-op promotion and ticket sales: You have to go to one of the three to buy your tickets. Everyone within a hundred miles knows of this dealership's philanthropy, and business is good. The list of ways you can build your agency's image through PR is endless- but most agency owners make one major mistake. In many cases, participation in various activities is limited to how much the owner or executive ...

... equivalent pay and benefits that better accommodates recurring periods of leave than the employee's regular job.SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE Subject to certain conditions, employees or employers may choose to use or require the use of accrued paid leave (such as sick or vacation leave) to cover some or all of the otherwise unpaid FMLA leave. The employer is responsible for designating if paid leave used by an employee counts as FMLA leave, based on information provided by the employee. In no case can an employee's paid leave be credited as FMLA leave after the leave has been completed.SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITION Serious health condition' means an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves: a) any period of incapacity or treatment connected with inpatient care (i.e., an overnight stay) in a hospital, hospice, or residential medical care facility; b) any period of incapacity requiring absence of more than three calendar days from work, school, or other regular daily activities that also involves continuing treatment by (or under the supervision of) a health care provider; or c) continuing treatment by (or under the supervision of) a health care provider for a chronic or long-term health condition that is incurable or so serious that, if not treated, would likely result in a period of incapacity of more than three calendar days, and for prenatal care. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERHealth care providers who qualify under the regulations to provide certification of a serious health condition for an employee or an immediate family member include: a) doctors of medicine or osteopathy authorized to practice medicine or surgery (as appropriate ...