Leaves of Absence

• Request your leave with Sedgwick 30 days before your expected leave date or as soon as possible.
• Submit any required documentation.
• Visit mytree and review the leave of absence page for more helpful resources.
• Talk to your manager or HR Business Partner about your timeline and transition plan.
• If you currently have benefits coverage, please reach out to Benefits@dollartree.com for details around continuation of your insurance.

Dollar Tree partners with Sedgwick to handle leaves of absence. They will be your point of contact throughout your leave process. Call 877-215-3437 and select option (4) from the main menu. Or visit mysedgwick.com to start the process.

Disability pay is handled separately from the leave process. If you are taking a paid leave, you must take other steps to arrange your disability payments. Call 888-637-9431 or visit unum.com to get started.

• Keep in touch with your manager and Sedgwick. They will tell you how often to reach out.
• The Dollar Tree Benefits Team will provide you a letter advising on how to continue to make benefits premium payments while out on leave to avoid cancellation of coverage.

• Notify your manager, HR Business Partner, and Sedgwick of your return-to-work date no more than two weeks before you return.
• Submit your doctor’s medical release if you are on a medical leave.
• Talk to your Manager or HR Business Partner if you need to adjust your schedule.
• If your benefits have been cancelled or you elected COBRA while out on leave, upon your return to work, you have 30 days to notify the Benefits Team at benefits@dollartree.com to reinstate your coverage.

If you need to take military service leave, you or an authorized military service officer should provide advance notice to your supervisor in addition to contacting the leave vendor.

• When possible, you should give at least 30 days’ notice of your request for leave.
• If 30 days’ notice is not possible, you should give as much advance notice as possible.
• Also, if you can, submit a copy of your military orders, training notice, or order to active duty to your supervisor or to the leave vendor.

Associates may be eligible for reemployment after their military service leave. Any associates who would like to return to work must report to work or submit an application for reemployment to the leave vendor including their military discharge documentation, if available, as follows:

• If your military service was for less than 31 days, you must report to work on the first regularly scheduled workday that is at least eight hours after you return home from military service.
• If your military service was for 31 to 180 days, you must apply for reemployment within 14 days following completion of military service.
• If your military service was for more than 180 days, you must apply for reemployment within 90 days following completion of military service.
• If you suffered a service-connected injury or illness and are hospitalized or convalescing, you have up to two years following completion of military service to return to your job or apply for reemployment, depending on the length of recovery time required.

If you are a resident of California, you may be eligible for up to 10 days of unpaid leave if your spouse or domestic partner is a deployed service member.