Section 9.3.4. 47 Open jobs will be filled by the District based on the ability, qualifications, skills, experience, 48 and other relevant factors of the applicants for the job. The employee with the earliest hire date 1 shall receive preferential consideration regarding promotions within the bargaining unit and/or 2 assignment to new or open jobs within the bargaining unit when skill, ability, and qualifications 3 are equal with junior employees and/or other applicants. If the District determines that 4 seniority should not prevail, because a junior employee or other applicant possesses skill, 5 ability, and qualifications greater than a senior employee, the District shall, upon receipt of a 6 request by the affected senior employee, schedule a conference with the employee to discuss 7 the matter. Such request will be made to the Human Resources Director in writing within ten 8 (10) working days of the filling of the job. Following the conference, if so requested in writing 9 by the employee, the District shall set forth in writing within a ten (10) working day period, to 10 the senior employee, with a copy to the Association president the reason(s) why the senior 11 employee was bypassed.
Section 9.3.4. 34 Employees who have requested to attend training courses, seminars, or conferences and who 35 have received prior District approval shall suffer no loss of regular salary if the course requires 36 them to attend on their regular District employment time.
Section 9.3.4. 33 An employee adopting or receiving permanent custody of a child shall be granted an adoption leave 34 without pay for a period of up to twelve (12) weeks after de-facto custody. Such leave, upon 35 request, may be extended for a period of up to one (1) year. Adoption leave may commence earlier 36 if necessary in order to fulfill requirements for adoption. The employee shall request, in writing, to 37 Human Resources, leave at least sixty (60) days prior to the date on which such leave is requested to 38 begin. 39
Section 9.3.4. 40 Additional days for bereavement may be granted by the superintendent/designee. 41
Section 9.3.4. 46 Unused annual leave days may be accumulated to a maximum of thirty (30) days or may be 47 cashed out at the employee’s current rate of pay at the end of the year. Only six (6) annual 48 leave days may be taken or cashed out in each contract year. The use of more than six (6) 1 annual leave days may be granted by the superintendent/designee in unusual circumstances or 2 in any situation where an employee requests unpaid leave. 4 Less than two hundred sixty (260) day employees: At retirement the total number of 5 accumulated annual leave days, when applicable to be reimbursed, will not exceed thirty (30) 6 days total during the AFC (Average Final Compensation) period, or the employee’s two highest 7 consecutive paid years. The purpose of this limitation of the number of days is to avoid 8 incurring excess compensation costs as defined by the Department of Retirement Systems.
Section 9.3.4. 25 Bereavement leave as noted above must include the day of the funeral or memorial service.
Section 9.3.4. 26 The provisions of the Agreement relative to personal illness or injury will apply to pregnancy,
