Additional Leave Rights. If an employee is a parent, guardian or grandparent who has custody of a child in grades K through 12, the employee may request and shall receive up to forty (40) hours off work per school year to participate in their child's school activities. The forty hours shall be spread out over the school year, and employees may use no more than eight (8) of the forty hours in a calendar month. If the Company employs both parents of a child, the entitlement for a leave for that child, for one activity, applies only to the parent who first requests the time off. The Company may decline the request to allow the other employee parent a simultaneous leave, but shall make a reasonable effort to accommodate both parents. Employees shall request this time off with reasonable advance notice of the absence and shall use accrued paid time off such as vacation or personal days. When employees return to work, the Company may require verification of the school visit. If an employee is a parent or guardian of a child who has been suspended from school and receives a notice from the child's classroom, pursuant to law, employees may take paid time off work to appear at the school. Employees shall, prior to the planned absence, give reasonable notice to their supervisor that employees have been requested to appear at the child's school. Employees shall not be penalized in any way for taking this time off.
Additional Leave Rights. If an employee is a parent, guardian or grandparent who has custody of a child in grades K through 12, the em-‐ ployee may request and shall receive up to forty (40) hours off work per school year to participate in their child’s school activities. The forty hours shall be spread out over the school year, and employees may use no more than eight (8) of the forty hours in a calendar month. If the Company employs both parents of a child, the entitlement for a leave for that child, for one activity, applies only to the parent who first requests the time off. The Company may decline the request to allow the other employee parent a simultaneous leave, but shall make a reason-‐ able effort to accommodate both parents. Employees shall request this time off with reasonable advance notice of the absence and shall use accrued paid time off such as vacation or personal days. When employees return to work, the Company may require verification of the school visit. If an employee is a parent or guardian of a child who has been suspended from school and receives a notice from the child’s classroom, pursuant to law, employees may take paid time off work to appear at the school. Employees shall, prior to the planned absence, give reasonable no-‐ xxxx to their supervisor that employees have been requested to appear at the child’s school. Employees shall not be penalized in any way for taking this time off.
