Childbearing Leave. 18.7.1.1. Bargaining unit members are eligible for childbearing leave in accordance with the following: a. Childbearing disabilities shall be treated like any other temporary disability and earned sick leave shall be utilized for childbearing disabilities under the same terms and conditions as normally apply to the use of sick leave. At the option of the Faculty Member concerned, vacation leave or portions thereof may be utilized for childbearing disabilities. b. “Childbearing disabilities” are defined as disabilities caused or contributed to by pregnancy, abortion, miscarriage, childbirth and recovery there from. c. After all leave, including sick leave, vacation and personal leave is exhausted, the Faculty Member shall be eligible for a Leave of Absence Without Salary, pursuant to Section 18.2., and/or a Leave With Pay from the Emergency Sick Leave Bank, pursuant to Section 18.12., provided, however, that the total leave of Absence Without Salary and Leave With Pay from the Emergency Sick Bank shall not exceed twenty-seven months. 18.7.1.2. Reinstatement of bargaining unit members shall be governed by the following: a. At the conclusion of the childbearing disability, the Faculty Member shall be restored, subject to any provisions on staff reductions, to the same rank/grade, with the same salary and fringe benefits which she had attained at the time such leave was granted, plus the appropriate increase in salary accorded to persons of that rank/grade and any and all improvements in fringe benefits established through negotiations between the Federation and the Board during the period of such leave. b. For up to twelve (12) months from the beginning of maternity leave, part-time return to services may be arranged by mutual agreement between the Faculty Member concerned and the President of the college. c. No leave shall extend beyond, and the provisions for reinstatement shall not apply beyond, the termination date of the appointment unless the Employer agrees to such extension.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
