Common use of ASSIGNMENT AFTER RETURN FROM PAID LEAVE Clause in Contracts

ASSIGNMENT AFTER RETURN FROM PAID LEAVE. An employee on a paid leave (including all of the leaves in this article) shall have the right to return to his/her same position for the remainder of the school year in which the paid leave begins. If the paid leave continues into the next school year, the employee shall have the right to return to his/her same position only if that position is vacant. If the position is not vacant, the employee will be assigned to a vacant bargaining unit position for which he/she is qualified (which includes all bargaining unit positions held by non- bargaining unit employees.) If there are no vacant positions, the employee will be assigned to the position held by the least senior employee within his/her classification for which the returning employee is qualified.