Compassion Leave. Where all existing leave has been used or that leave is not appropriate to the situation, an employee, may, upon application to and approval by the Superintendent or the Superintendent's designee, be granted compassion leave, i.e., when a unique relationship or care-giving responsibility exists (which would not be precedent setting, would not be subject to grievance and would occur with no loss of seniority or experience previously established). When an Employee has a domestic partner, the Superintendent or Superintendent’s designee may provide the Employee the leave allowed for a spouse under the subsections 10.3 and 10.4
Compassion Leave. A teacher may be permitted to use a maximum of five (5) days in the event of a death in the immediate family. The immediate family shall be defined as parents, mother-in-law, father-in-law, spouse, children, brother, sister, grandparents, or grandchildren. To use this time without loss of pay, the teacher must certify in writing to the Board Office the details of the request. The Superintendent may, at his/her discretion, grant compassion leave for situations other than those mentioned above. The decision of the Superintendent concerning discretionary leaves for situations not included in the definition of immediate family above shall not be subject to the grievance procedure. The Superintendent may also extend the time limit as specified above when he/she feels the situation merits this extension.
Compassion Leave. A tenured employee may apply for and may be granted a leave for the purpose of remaining at home to care for seriously ill member(s) of the immediate family. Such leave shall not exceed two (2) school years.
Compassion Leave. The Superintendent may, at his/her discretion, grant compassion leave for situations other than those mentioned above, that pertain to immediate family (spouse, children, mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, brothers, and sisters of the employee or spouse or any person considered to be in such relationship). The decision of the Superintendent concerning discretionary leaves for situations not included above shall not be subject to the grievance procedure. The Superintendent may also extend the time limit as specified above when he/she feels the situation merits this extension. Any additional days that are approved must be taken as leave without pay if the employee has no sick leave available, or taken as sick leave, if it is available.
Compassion Leave. All employees may take up to fifteen (15) days off, which shall be paid in the same manner as PTO, to help plan and attend memorial services, attend to affairs, and take personal time after the death of a family member or a person who the employee certifies has a familial like relationship with, due to the fact that NWC recognizes that not all family is biological and every culture has their own way of defining familial structure and taking care of one another and their community, or a pregnancy loss or miscarriage. Leave pursuant to this section shall be limited to fifteen (15) days maximum per calendar year, regardless of the number of deaths an employee is affected by. *NWC may require verification of the need for the Compassion leave. Traumatic Event Leave Northwest Center understands that there may be additional times of hardship when employees need time off due to traumatic events. These times may include, (but are not limited to), times of community justice impact, unexpected family responsibility, natural disasters affecting the employee’s living space and ability to safely report to work (i.e. wildfires, flooding, etc.), or the death of a pet. To help assist employees through these traumatic events, each employee will be given a bank of three (3) days off, to be paid in the same manner as PTO, per calendar year. This will not be a per-occurrence leave, but a one time annual allotment of three (3) days and must be taken in full day increments. These three (3) days will be front-loaded on January first of each calendar year (or upon hire) and will not roll over to the next year. These days off will need to be cleared through HR and operational leadership, and the proper verification may be requested by HR for each instance. Staffing levels will be taken into consideration when approving these days, and approvals will be made on a “first come, first served” basis. Other options of State, Federal, and NWC leaves will be looked at first before moving forward with approving Traumatic Event Leave.
Compassion Leave. Compassion leave will be granted for serious illness or death of the spouse, child, mother, father, sister or brother, corresponding inlaws, xxxxxx child, stepfather or stepmother, grandparents, or for persons who are living in the immediate household, for which the use of employee sick leave, under the family care guidelines, is not applicable. Compassion leave will consist of up to five (5) days, plus an additional two days at the Superintendent's discretion, per year. Such leave shall not accumulate and shall not be subtracted from the sick leave accumulation. For the purpose of attending to the death of an individual with whom the employee has a close personal connection, up to one day annually of such leave may be granted at the discretion of the Superintendent for compassion leave not otherwise authorized above.
Compassion Leave. Each member who experiences the loss of a student they are currently serving will be granted one (1) day of Compassion Leave with pay per occurrence. The ESD reserves the right to deny or reschedule requests in order to ensure sufficient staffing and supervision of children in our care.
Compassion Leave. Upon the approval of the Superintendent or his/her designee, additional earned sick leave and/or donated sick leave may be utilized for the life-threatening illness of a spouse, registered domestic partner, child, or legal dependent. This decision will be at the sole and exclusive discretion of the Superintendent or designee and shall not be grievable.
Compassion Leave a. Employees will be granted leave of up to three (3) days without loss of wages in case of death of an employee's spouse, daughter, son, mother, father, mother- or father- in-law, sister or brother, grandparent, grandchild, or past legal guardian. The same leave shall be granted for the employee's spouse's same relatives. These are meant to include all step or half relationships under these categories.
b. Funeral time of up to one (l) day without loss of salary will be granted in case of death in other family members outside those listed in a. above.
c. Attendance at other funerals must have the approval of the Superintendent or his designee prior to the funeral.
Compassion Leave. All employees may take up to fifteen (15) days off, which shall be paid in the same manner as PTO, to help plan and attend memorial services, attend to affairs, and take personal time after the death of a family member or a person who the employee certifies has a familial like relationship with, due to the fact that NWC recognizes that not all family is biological and every culture has their own way of defining familial structure and taking care of one another and their community, or a pregnancy loss or miscarriage. Leave pursuant to this section shall be limited to fifteen (15) days maximum per calendar year, regardless of the number of deaths an employee is affected by. *NWC may require verification of the need for the Compassion leave.