Common use of Appointing Authority Initiated Clause in Contracts

Appointing Authority Initiated. a. If the Appointing Authority has reasonable cause to believe that a permanent teacher is unfit or unable to perform the duties of their position as a result of disability, injury or illness, after consultation with the Association, the teacher may be placed on a leave of absence for a period not to exceed six (6) months in duration. b. Such leave may not be initiated unless the Appointing Authority has offered the teacher the opportunity to participate in the Employee Assistance Program or another rehabilitation program and only after an evaluation by a private medical practitioner. c. The selection of a private medical practitioner shall be mutually agreed upon between the Appointing Authority and the Association. If the parties are unable to mutually agree, the Appointing Authority shall be free to send the teacher to a private medical practitioner of the Appointing Authority's choosing. This evaluation shall be at no cost to the teacher. d. A teacher on this leave may use their accumulated sick or vacation leave and may continue participation in the group insurance program in accordance with the terms in Article 22, Insurance. e. The Appointing Authority agrees that it will limit documentation related to the evaluation in a teacher’s personnel file to the practitioner's medical conclusion as to whether that teacher is fit for duty. The Appointing Authority agrees to maintain the information noted above in strict confidentiality unless it becomes the subject of a grievance. f. In the event of a grievance arising from an Appointing Authority's determination of a teacher’s fitness to perform their job, where a medical examination has been conducted, the Association agrees that the teacher shall waive patient/doctor confidentiality to allow access to their relevant medical records by the Appointing Authority or the grievance shall be deemed waived. g. Teachers returning from an Appointing Authority Initiated leave shall be reinstated to their original job or to a position of comparable duties, if qualified, within the same Appointing Authority. Teachers granted such leave shall not be permitted to bump an existing teacher. If a teacher has been on this leave for six (6) months, at the request of the teacher or the Association, the Appointing Authority shall reorient the teacher to their job. All teachers returning from medical leaves shall accrue sick and vacation leave at the same rate and with the same accredited length of service that existed at the time of their leave and shall receive all fringe benefits in accordance with the terms of the current Agreement between the Employer and the Association. A returning teacher shall retain their original anniversary date and shall be reinstated in the insurance program in accordance with the terms of the master insurance contract.

Appointing Authority Initiated. a. If the Appointing Authority has reasonable cause to believe that a permanent teacher is unfit or unable to perform the duties of their his/her position as a result of disability, injury or illness, after consultation with the Association, the teacher may be placed on a leave of absence for a period not to exceed six (6) months in duration. b. Such leave may not be initiated unless the Appointing Authority has offered the teacher the opportunity to participate in the Employee Assistance Program or another rehabilitation program and only after an evaluation by a private medical practitioner. c. The selection of a private medical practitioner shall be mutually agreed upon between the Appointing Authority and the Association. If the parties are unable to mutually agree, the Appointing Authority shall be free to send the teacher to a private medical practitioner of the Appointing Authority's choosing. This evaluation shall be at no cost to the teacher. d. A teacher on this leave may use their his/her accumulated sick or vacation leave and may continue participation in the group insurance program in accordance with the terms in Article 22, Insurance. e. The Appointing Authority agrees that it will limit documentation related to the evaluation in a teacher’s personnel file to the practitioner's medical conclusion as to whether that teacher is fit for duty. The Appointing Authority agrees to maintain the information noted above in strict confidentiality unless it becomes the subject of a grievance. f. In the event of a grievance arising from an Appointing Authority's determination of a teacher’s fitness to perform their his/her job, where a medical examination has been conducted, the Association agrees that the teacher shall waive patient/doctor confidentiality to allow access to their his/her relevant medical records by the Appointing Authority or the grievance shall be deemed waived. g. Teachers returning from an Appointing Authority Initiated leave shall be reinstated to their original job or to a position of comparable duties, if qualified, within the same Appointing Authority. Teachers granted such leave shall not be permitted to bump an existing teacher. If a teacher has been on this leave for six (6) months, at the request of the teacher or the Association, the Appointing Authority shall reorient the teacher to their his/her job. All teachers returning from medical leaves shall accrue sick and vacation leave at the same rate and with the same accredited length of service that existed at the time of their leave and shall receive all fringe benefits in accordance with the terms of the current Agreement between the Employer and the Association. A returning teacher shall retain their his/her original anniversary date and shall be reinstated in the insurance program in accordance with the terms of the master insurance contract.

Appointing Authority Initiated. a. If the Appointing Authority has reasonable cause to believe that a permanent teacher employee is unfit or unable to perform the duties of their his/her position as a result of disability, injury or illness, after consultation with the Association, the teacher employee may be placed on a leave of absence for a period not to exceed six (6) months in duration. b. Such leave may not be initiated unless the Appointing Authority has offered the teacher employee the opportunity to participate in the Employee Assistance Program or another rehabilitation program and only after an evaluation by a private medical practitioner. c. The selection of a private medical practitioner shall be mutually agreed upon between the Appointing Authority and the Association. If the parties are unable to mutually agree, the Appointing Authority shall be free to send the teacher employee to a private medical practitioner of the Appointing Authority's choosing. This evaluation shall be at no cost to the teacheremployee. d. A teacher An employee on this leave may use their his/her accumulated sick or vacation leave and may continue participation in the group insurance program in accordance with the terms in Article 22, Insurance. e. The Appointing Authority agrees that it will limit documentation related to the evaluation in a teacher’s an employee's personnel file to the practitioner's medical conclusion as to whether that teacher employee is fit for duty. The Appointing Authority agrees to maintain the information noted above in strict confidentiality unless it becomes the subject of a grievance. f. In the event of a grievance arising from an Appointing Authority's determination of a teacher’s an employee's fitness to perform their his/her job, where a medical examination has been conducted, the Association agrees that the teacher employee shall waive patient/doctor confidentiality to allow access to their his/her relevant medical records by the Appointing Authority or the grievance shall be deemed waived. g. Teachers Employees returning from an Appointing Authority Initiated leave shall be reinstated to their original job or to a position of comparable duties, if qualified, within the same Appointing Authority. Teachers Employees granted such leave shall not be permitted to bump an existing teacheremployee. If a teacher an employee has been on this leave for six (6) months, at the request of the teacher employee or the Association, the Appointing Authority shall reorient the teacher employee to their his/her job. All teachers employees returning from medical leaves shall accrue sick and vacation leave at the same rate and with the same accredited length of service that existed at the time of their leave and shall receive all fringe benefits in accordance with the terms of the current Agreement between the Employer and the Association. A returning teacher employee shall retain their his/her original anniversary date and shall be reinstated in the insurance program in accordance with the terms of the master insurance contract.

Appointing Authority Initiated. 1 a. If the Appointing Authority has reasonable cause to believe that a permanent teacher is 2 unfit or unable to perform the duties of their his/her position as a result of disability, injury or 3 illness, after consultation with the Association, the teacher may be placed on a leave of 4 absence for a period not to exceed six (6) months in duration. 6 b. Such leave may not be initiated unless the Appointing Authority has offered the teacher 7 the opportunity to participate in the Employee Assistance Program or another 8 rehabilitation program and only after an evaluation by a private medical practitioner. 10 c. The selection of a private medical practitioner shall be mutually agreed upon between 11 the Appointing Authority and the Association. If the parties are unable to mutually 12 agree, the Appointing Authority shall be free to send the teacher to a private medical 13 practitioner of the Appointing Authority's choosing. This evaluation shall be at no cost 14 to the teacher. 16 d. A teacher on this leave may use their his/her accumulated sick or vacation leave and may 17 continue participation in the group insurance program in accordance with the terms in 18 Article 22, Insurance. 20 e. The Appointing Authority agrees that it will limit documentation related to the evaluation 21 in a teacher’s personnel file to the practitioner's medical conclusion as to whether that 22 teacher is fit for duty. The Appointing Authority agrees to maintain the information 23 noted above in strict confidentiality unless it becomes the subject of a grievance. 25 f. In the event of a grievance arising from an Appointing Authority's determination of a 26 teacher’s fitness to perform their his/her job, where a medical examination has been 27 conducted, the Association agrees that the teacher shall waive patient/doctor 1 confidentiality to allow access to their his/her relevant medical records by the Appointing 2 Authority or the grievance shall be deemed waived. 4 g. Teachers returning from an Appointing Authority Initiated leave shall be reinstated to 5 their original job or to a position of comparable duties, if qualified, within the same 6 Appointing Authority. Teachers granted such leave shall not be permitted to bump an 7 existing teacher. If a teacher has been on this leave for six (6) months, at the request 8 of the teacher or the Association, the Appointing Authority shall reorient the teacher to their job. 11 All teachers returning from medical leaves shall accrue sick and vacation leave at the same 12 rate and with the same accredited length of service that existed at the time of their leave and 13 shall receive all fringe benefits in accordance with the terms of the current Agreement between 14 the Employer and the Association. A returning teacher shall retain their his/her original anniversary 15 date and shall be reinstated in the insurance program in accordance with the terms of the 16 master insurance contract.

Appointing Authority Initiated. 3 a. If the Appointing Authority has reasonable cause to believe that a permanent teacher employee 4 is unfit or unable to perform the duties of their his/her position as a result of disability, injury 5 or illness, after consultation with the Association, the teacher employee may be placed on a 6 leave of absence for a period not to exceed six (6) months in duration. 8 b. Such leave may not be initiated unless the Appointing Authority has offered the teacher 9 employee the opportunity to participate in the Employee Assistance Program or another 10 rehabilitation program and only after an evaluation by a private medical practitioner. 12 c. The selection of a private medical practitioner shall be mutually agreed upon between 13 the Appointing Authority and the Association. If the parties are unable to mutually 14 agree, the Appointing Authority shall be free to send the teacher employee to a private medical 15 practitioner of the Appointing Authority's choosing. This evaluation shall be at no cost 16 to the teacheremployee. 18 d. A teacher An employee on this leave may use their his/her accumulated sick or vacation leave and 19 may continue participation in the group insurance program in accordance with the terms 20 in Article 22, Insurance. 22 e. The Appointing Authority agrees that it will limit documentation related to the evaluation 23 in a teacher’s an employee's personnel file to the practitioner's medical conclusion as to whether 24 that teacher employee is fit for duty. The Appointing Authority agrees to maintain the 25 information noted above in strict confidentiality unless it becomes the subject of a 26 grievance. 1 f. In the event of a grievance arising from an Appointing Authority's determination of a teacher’s an 2 employee's fitness to perform their his/her job, where a medical examination has been 3 conducted, the Association agrees that the teacher employee shall waive patient/doctor 4 confidentiality to allow access to their his/her relevant medical records by the Appointing 5 Authority or the grievance shall be deemed waived. 7 g. Teachers Employees returning from an Appointing Authority Initiated leave shall be reinstated to 8 their original job or to a position of comparable duties, if qualified, within the same 9 Appointing Authority. Teachers Employees granted such leave shall not be permitted to bump an 10 existing teacheremployee. If a teacher an employee has been on this leave for six (6) months, at the 11 request of the teacher employee or the Association, the Appointing Authority shall reorient the teacher 12 employee to their his/her job. 14 All teachers employees returning from medical leaves shall accrue sick and vacation leave at the same 15 rate and with the same accredited length of service that existed at the time of their leave and 16 shall receive all fringe benefits in accordance with the terms of the current Agreement between 17 the Employer and the Association. A returning teacher employee shall retain their his/her original 18 anniversary date and shall be reinstated in the insurance program in accordance with the terms 19 of the master insurance contract.

Appointing Authority Initiated. a. If the Appointing Authority has reasonable cause to believe that a permanent teacher employee is unfit or unable to perform the duties of their his/her position as a result of disability, injury or illness, after consultation with the Association, the teacher employee may be placed on a leave of absence for a period not to exceed six (6) months in duration. b. Such leave may not be initiated unless the Appointing Authority has offered the teacher employee the opportunity to participate in the Employee Assistance Program or another rehabilitation program and only after an evaluation by a private medical practitioner. c. The selection of a private medical practitioner shall be mutually agreed upon between the Appointing Authority and the Association. If the parties are unable to mutually agree, the Appointing Authority shall be free to send the teacher employee to a private medical practitioner of the Appointing Authority's choosing. This evaluation shall be at no cost to the teacheremployee. d. A teacher An employee on this leave may use their his/her accumulated sick or vacation leave and may continue participation in the group insurance program in accordance with the terms in Article 22, Insurance21. e. The Appointing Authority agrees that it will limit documentation related to the evaluation in a teacher’s an employee's personnel file to the practitioner's medical conclusion as to whether that teacher employee is fit for duty. The Appointing Authority agrees to maintain the information noted above in strict confidentiality unless it becomes the subject of a grievance. f. In the event of a grievance arising from an Appointing Authority's determination of a teacher’s an employee's fitness to perform their his/her job, where a medical examination has been conducted, the Association agrees that the teacher employee shall waive patient/doctor confidentiality to allow access to their his/her relevant medical records by the Appointing Authority or the grievance shall be deemed waived. g. Teachers Employees returning from an Appointing Authority Initiated leave shall be reinstated to their original job or to a position of comparable duties, if qualified, within the same Appointing Authority. Teachers Employees granted such leave shall not be permitted to bump an existing teacheremployee. If a teacher an employee has been on this leave for six (6) months, at the request of the teacher employee or the Association, the Appointing Authority shall reorient the teacher employee to their his/her job. All teachers employees returning from medical leaves shall accrue sick and vacation leave at the same rate and with the same accredited length of service that existed at the time of their leave and shall receive all fringe benefits in accordance with the terms of the current Agreement between the Employer and the Association. A returning teacher employee shall retain their his/her original anniversary date and shall be reinstated in the insurance program in accordance with the terms of the master insurance contract.