Adoption/Child Care Leave. The employer shall upon request grant an employee: who is the birth parent of a newborn or unborn child or who is adopting or has adopted a child, a leave of absence without pay of sixty-two (62) consecutive weeks or shorter period as per the employee's request. When both parents are employees, both employees may share the leave. Total leave taken by both employees shall not exceed sixty-two (62) weeks. The combined maternity leave of 17 weeks and child care leave of sixty-two (62) weeks taken by one or both employees shall not exceed seventy-eight (78) weeks. The Employer shall not dismiss, suspend, or layoff an employee during child care leave or for reasons arising from the leave alone. Seniority continues to accrue during the leave at the same rate as if the employee would have worked.
Adoption/Child Care Leave i) Leave without pay for a period of up to thirty-seven (37) consecutive weeks will be granted to an employee who becomes a parent of a child. Note: The combined maternity leave and adoption/childcare leave taken by one or both parents, cannot total more than fifty-two (52) weeks.
Adoption/Child Care Leave. Any custodian adopting an infant child may receive a leave of absence which leave shall commence upon receiving de facto custody of said infant, or earlier if necessary to fulfill the requirements for the adoption, but in no case with less than thirty (30) days written notice to the Superintendent of Schools. Such leave shall be of the same duration as Maternity/Child Care Leave as defined in paragraph 1above. Adoption/Child Care Leave will be granted for custodians, but in no case for more than a three (3) year period. No custodian on such leave shall, on the basis of said leave, be denied the opportunity to substitute in the Xxxxxx School District.
Adoption/Child Care Leave. 5.8.1 An employee who is adopting a child may be granted up to ten (10) days of unpaid leave for the purposes of processing the adoption.
