Common use of Departmental Leave Clause in Contracts

Departmental Leave. The Department Head or his/her designee may authorize a departmental leave without pay for a regular employee for a period of time not to exceed 15 calendar days. An employee shall be authorized a departmental leave only after all accumulated vacation leave, floating holidays and CTO have been utilized by such employee. If such a departmental leave is requested because of illness or injury of an employee, such employee shall also utilize all accrued sick leave before taking such leave of absence. Except that employees on workers’ compensation, job protected or disability leave, may make an irrevocable choice before they exhaust their sick leave not to use their vacation to supplement their disability benefits. However, should they do so, they may not use their vacation until they have returned to work full time for 1 month, nor may they be eligible for donation of catastrophic leave.

Departmental Leave. The Department Head or his/her designee may authorize a departmental leave without pay for a regular employee for a period of time not to exceed 15 calendar days. An employee shall be authorized a departmental leave only after all accumulated vacation leave, floating holidays and CTO have been utilized by such employee. If such a departmental leave is requested because of illness or injury of an employee, such employee shall also utilize all accrued sick leave before taking such leave of absence. Except that employees on workers’ compensation, job protected or disability leave, leave may make an irrevocable choice before they exhaust their sick leave not to use their vacation to supplement their disability benefits. However, should they do so, they may not use their vacation until they have returned to work full time for 1 month, nor may they be eligible for donation of catastrophic leave.