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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 59 of 217 b. the employee is limited to five (5) workda ys of excused absence within a twelve (12) month period. The twelve (12) month period begins on the first day of the excused absence. The employee may not return to Federal civilian duty and then take the five (5) days of excused absence at a later date. The five (5) days of excused absence must be granted as soon as the employee reports back for Federal civilian duty or notifies the Agency of his or her intent to return. However, if the employee had already returned to Federal civilian service prior to th e issuance of the Presidential memorandum on November 14, 2003, or was not granted the five (5) days of excused absence for a second or subsequent deployment, he or she may take the five (5) days of excused absence at a time mutually agreeable to the emplo yee and the Agency. Section 11. Employees shall be entitled to excused absence as set forth in 5 USC 6321. Section 12. In accordance with Agency directives, excused absence may be made available for other circumstances. ARTICLE 30 PRENATAL/INFANT CARE Section 1. When employees request, they shall receive an uninterrupted period of leave for up to six (6) months for prenatal/infant care needs, including infant adoption. Section 2. Subject to staffing and workload, when employees request, they shall be entitled to leave for an additional three (3) months for prenatal/infant care, including infant adoption. Employees on prenatal/infant care leave under this Section are subject to recall to duty with thirty (30) days notice, when unforeseen staffing an d workload necessitate a return to duty. Section 3. The leave afforded employees in this Article is in addition to the leave entitlements contained in Article 26, Section 5. The provisions of this Article shall not run concurrently with FMLA. The emplo yee shall determine in what order he/she will utilize the provisions contained within this Article and Article 26, Section 5. Section 4. During the period of leave under this Article, the employee may choose how and in what order such absence will be rec orded: sick leave, annual leave, and/or LWOP, to the extent that annual and/or sick leave is available. Advance sick leave may not exceed thirty (30) days. Section 5. During the period of leave under this Article, retirement, time - in - grade coverage, heal th benefits and life insurance benefits will be continued to the extent permitted by applicable law and regulation. Section 6. To the extent staffing and workload permit, employees shall be allowed to work part - time to accommodate prenatal/infant care ne eds. Section 7. The entitlements to leave within this Article shall be a maximum period of nine (9) months. The total entitlements contained within this Article shall conclude no later than twelve (12) months from the date of the birth of the child or the date of the infant adoption.

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