CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—APR. 16, 1996 110 STAT. 4311 outcome to that employee. At the conclusion of the 60-day period the employing office may implement the selected option. (f) For purposes of determining the amount of leave used by an employee, the fact that a holiday may occur within the week taken as FMLA leave has no effect; the week is counted as a week of FMLA leave. However, if for some reason the employing office's activity has temporarily ceased and employees generally are not expected to report for work for one or more weeks (e.g., a school closing two weeks for the Christmas/New Year holiday or the summer vacation or an employing office closing the office for repairs), the days the employing office's activities have ceased do not count against the employee's FMLA leave entitlement. Methods for determining an employee's 12-week leave entitlement are also described in §825.205. (g)(1) If employing offices jointly employ an employee, and if they designate a primary employer pursuant to § 825.106(c), the primary employer may choose any one of the alternatives in paragraph (b) of this section for measuring the 12-month period, provided that the alternative chosen is applied consistently and uniformly to all employees of the primary employer including the jointly employed employee. (2) If employing offices fail to designate a primary employer pursuant to § 825.106(c), an employee jointly employed by the employing offices may, by so notifying one of the employing offices, select that employing office to be the primary employer of the employee for purposes of the application of paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section. §825.201 If leave is taken for the birth of a child, or for placement of a child for adoption or foster care, when must the leave be concluded? An employee's entitlement to leave for a birth or placement for adoption or foster care expires at the end of the 12-month period beginning on the date of the birth or placement, unless the employing office permits leave to be taken for a longer period. Any such FMLA leave must be concluded within this one-yesir period. §825.202 How much leave may a husband and wife take if they are employed by the same employing office? (a) A husband and wife who are eligible for FMLA leave and are employed by the same employing office may be limited to a combined total of 12 weeks of leave during any 12-month period if the leave is teiken— (1) for birth of the employee's son or daughter or to care for the child after birth; (2) for placement of a son or daughter with the employee for adoption or foster care, or to care for the child sifter placement; or (3) to care for the employee's parent with a serious health condition. (b) This hmitation on the total weeks of leave applies to leave taken for the reasons specified in paragraph (a) of this section as long as a husband and wife are employed by the "same employing office". It would apply, for example, even though the spouses are employed at two different work sites of an employing office. On
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