Disability Leaves. a. In order to provide for continuity of instruction and to assure that adequate planning time is provided, an employee who anticipates the need for a leave of absence due to a condition which will render the employee unable to perform his/her duties, shall notify the Superintendent in writing of the anticipated disability as soon as the employee knows of it. The employee may request, no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of disability, a disability leave of absence, specifying the dates on which the employee wishes the leave to begin and end. b. Disability leave can be used for the time that an employee is unable to work because of a temporary disability, including a maternity related disability. c. In the case of maternity related disability, an employee will be presumed disabled four (4) weeks before childbirth and four (4) weeks after. Additional periods of disability may be established by a physician’s statement. Employees shall be permitted to work up to the date of actual disability. The Board will not arbitrarily or unreasonably deny the requested leave. d. When an employee requests a leave for disability which can be anticipated, such as maternity related disability, the Board shall honor the leave dates so requested if the same will not substantially interfere with the effective administration to the educational program to which the employee was assigned. e. To be eligible for a salary increment and credit toward longevity payments and sabbaticals, an employee must be paid for at least ninety (90) school days in each school year, including the school year that the leave commences or terminated. f. An employee on a voluntary unpaid leave of absence shall not be eligible to either receive or accrue benefits except as statutorily required. The Board shall however, continue the teacher’s coverage in the district’s group health plan for a period of twelve (12) weeks, after which the employee may continue coverage at his/her own expense, in accordance with the rules of the insurance carrier. The Board shall continue to provide medical insurance coverage to employees on paid sick leave.
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Disability Leaves. a. In order to provide for continuity of instruction and to assure that adequate planning time is provided, an (1) An employee who anticipates the need for requiring a disability leave of absence due to a condition which will render the employee unable to perform shall notify his/her duties, shall notify the Superintendent immediate supervisor in writing of the anticipated commencement date of the disability as soon as the employee knows of itsuch date is known to him/her. The employee may requestshall provide a physician’s certification of the anticipated disability.
(a) In the case of a maternity related disability, the employee shall provide, no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated delivery date, a physician’s certification of the anticipated delivery date and may notify the Board for commencement of disability, a disability leave of absenceup to twenty (20) working days before the delivery date and up to twenty (20) working days after the delivery date. In the event the period of disability extends beyond that described above, specifying the dates on which the employee wishes shall provide a physician’s certification of the leave to begin and end.
b. Disability leave can be used for the time that an employee is unable to work because of a temporary disability, including a maternity related extended disability.
c. (b) In the case of maternity related disability, an employee will be presumed disabled four (4) weeks before childbirth and four (4) weeks after. Additional periods of disability may be established by a physician’s statement. Employees shall be permitted to work up to the date of actual disability. The Board will not arbitrarily or unreasonably deny the requested leave.
d. When an employee requests a leave for disability which can be anticipated, such as non-maternity related disability, the employee shall provide a physician’s certificate stating the anticipated disability and the anticipated duration of the disability.
(2) In the case of an anticipated disability, such as elective surgery or predicted delivery of a child, the Board may regulate the commencement and/or termination dates of the disability leave within the parameters of the law when failure to do so would cause interruption to the continuity of student instruction. Any such involuntary leave so imposed will immediately precede or follow the period of the requested disability leave and will be without pay but the employee shall honor not be denied other contractual and statutory benefits, including payment of insurance premiums for the involuntary as well as voluntary period of the disability leave.
(3) An employee anticipating a disability leave may apply for, in accordance with B(1), a leave of absence which:
(a) the employee utilizes sick leave and vacation time actually earned or accrued through the commencement of this leave; or
(b) the employee has insufficient accrued sick leave and vacation time, or elects not to utilize it, in which case he/she shall be entitled to an unpaid leave of absence for the period of the disability, during which sick leave or vacation time is not utilized, provided that he/she submit to the Superintendent of Schools certification required under Section B(1).
(4) An employee on paid disability leave shall be entitled to all Board-provided insurance benefits during the period of actual disability. An employee on unpaid disability leave shall be entitled to all Board-provided insurance benefits for a period of up to three (3) months during the period of leave as per N.J. Division of Pension regulations.
(5) In the case of unpaid disability leave under Section 3(b), in order to insure the employee’s continued health benefits coverage and subsequent right to purchase credit for the leave dates so requested if the same will not substantially interfere with the effective administration to the educational program to which the employee was assigned.
e. To be eligible of absence in excess of three months for a salary increment and credit toward longevity payments and sabbaticalspension purposes, an employee must on unpaid leave of absence for disability purposes shall provide a physician’s certificate as to the illness or disability for the period in excess of three months’ leave of absence. The certificate shall be paid for at least ninety provided by the employee to the Superintendent before the 90th day of unpaid leave of absence. The employee shall comply with any additional requirements of the insurance carrier or of the State of New Jersey (90regarding pension and insurance) school days in each school year, including the school year that the leave commences or terminatedorder to continue coverage.
f. An (6) Extensions of disability leaves shall be granted if the employee on provides a voluntary physician’s certificate as to the need for the extension, the reason therefore, and duration for the additional period of disability. In the case of a non- tenured employee, the unpaid leave of absence shall not be eligible to either receive or accrue benefits except as statutorily requiredextend beyond the employee’s current contract. The Board shall howevermay require, continue by a physician of its choice, a second examination to verify the teacher’s coverage in the district’s group health plan need for a period of twelve (12) weeks, after which the employee may continue coverage at his/her own expense, in accordance with the rules an extension of the insurance carrierdisability leave. The In that event, the Board shall continue to provide medical insurance coverage to employees on paid sick leavewill assume the cost of those required physician services.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Disability Leaves. a. In order to provide for continuity of instruction and to assure that adequate planning time is provided, an (1) A physically incapacitated employee who anticipates the need for a shall be placed on disability leave of absence due to a condition which will render provided the employee unable to perform his/her duties, shall notify is declared incapacitated for the Superintendent in writing performance of the anticipated disability as soon as duties of the position by a licensed physician designated by the Associate Vice President for Human Resources; provided the University may accept the report of the employee's physician. The cost of such examination will be paid by the appointing authority. In the event the employee knows is hospitalized or institutionalized, no such examination is required.
(2) If a physically incapacitated employee has accrued but unused sick leave, he/she may defer commencement of itdisability leave under paragraph A hereof only by making application for such sick leave within five (5) days of the University's notice of intent to place the employee on disability leave. The An employee may requestrequest use of sick leave during a disability leave, no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of disability, provided once a disability leave of absencecommences, specifying the dates on which it shall continue uninterrupted until the employee wishes is reinstated pursuant to paragraph C hereof, and provided further that sick leave will not be paid past the leave date of an employee's separation pursuant to begin and endSection D hereof.
b. Disability B. A full-time or part-time employee who has completed a probationary period with the university, and has worked for at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1250) hours during the past twelve months may be placed on disability leave can for a period of up to eighteen (18) months. Should the disability relate to an on-the-job injury that the University contests the validity of the injury or its treatment, the employee, upon prevailing before the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation regarding a compensable injury and related treatment will be used for provided the time that an employee balance of the 18 month disability period or a six month disability period from the date of determination in order to return to work, whichever is unable to work because of a temporary disability, including a maternity related disability.
c. In the case of maternity related disabilitygreater. Upon reinstatement from disability leave, an employee will be presumed disabled four returned to the same or similar position. No more than eighteen (418) weeks before childbirth and four (4) weeks after. Additional periods months of such disability leave may be established by taken in a physician’s statementthree (3) year period. The employer may extend the three (3) year period of time for extenuating circumstances. Employees shall be permitted to work up to the date of actual disability. The Board will not arbitrarily or unreasonably deny the requested leave.
d. When an employee requests a leave for disability which can be anticipated, such as maternity related disability, the Board shall honor the leave dates so requested if the same will not substantially interfere with the effective administration to the educational program to which the employee was assigned.
e. To be eligible for a salary increment and credit toward longevity payments and sabbaticals, an employee must be paid for at least ninety (90) school days in each school year, including the school year that the leave commences or terminated.
f. An employee currently on a voluntary unpaid disability leave of absence as of the ratification of this agreement (2017) shall not once they return from leave be eligible subject to either receive or accrue benefits except the three (3) year period as statutorily requiredall other employees.
C. An employee who has been granted a disability leave is to be reinstated within thirty (30) days after making written application and passing a medical examination showing full qualifications to perform the duties of the position. This examination is to be conducted by a licensed physician designated by the Associate Vice President for Human Resources. The Board shall howevercost of this examination will be paid by the appointing authority.
D. An employee who does not return from disability leave, and who does not formally resign nor take a disability retirement, will be separated at the end of the leave. The University will continue the teacher’s employee's insurance coverage in the district’s group health plan for a period of twelve (12) weeks, after which months from the date the employee may continue coverage at his/her own expenseis placed on disability leave. If employee contributions are required, in accordance arrangements must be made with the rules Staff Benefits Office for such payment prior to the effective date of the insurance carrier. The Board shall continue to provide medical insurance coverage to employees on paid sick disability leave.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Disability Leaves. a. In order to provide for continuity To promote equality among all teachers, the policy regarding employees who become pregnant while employed under the terms of instruction and to assure that adequate planning time is provided, an this contract are as follows:
1. An employee who anticipates the need for a disability leave of absence due to a condition which will render the employee unable to perform his/her duties, shall notify the Superintendent Superintendent, in writing writing, of the anticipated commencement of the disability as soon as the employee knows of it. The employee may request, no later than sixty leave at least two (602) days months prior to the anticipated date commencement of disability, a the disability leave of absence, specifying the dates on which the employee wishes the leave to begin and end.
b. Disability leave can be used for the time that an employee is unable to work because of a temporary disability, including a maternity related disability.
c. leave. In the case of maternity related disabilitypregnancy, an the employee will shall inform the Superintendent of the anticipated delivery date. The Board shall not remove any teacher from her regular teaching duties during her pregnancy inconsistent with the terms set forth herein unless, as provided by a physician’s certification, her teaching performance has declined or her health would be presumed disabled impaired if she continued teaching.
2. As provided by a physician’s certification, the Board shall grant sick leave as set forth herein because of disability due to pregnancy to every pregnant teacher upon the written request of said pregnant teacher. The Board shall also grant sick leave as set forth herein because of disability due to pregnancy to every teacher upon the recommendation of the Superintendent and a supporting physician’s certification.
3. When the Board approves any sick leave because of disability due to pregnancy, it shall do so by resolution designating the term of the leave, the beginning date of the leave and the return date for the teacher to return to work.
4. Sick leave for disability due to pregnancy shall normally be for a period of four (4) weeks immediately prior to the expected date of delivery and the four (4) weeks following the termination of the pregnancy. It may be granted for such other period of time as may be necessary for the teacher’s physical health and safety upon written certification from the teacher’s attending physician.
5. Sick leave due to pregnancy may extend for such period as may be required, but in no case shall the leave of absence extend for more than one hundred eighty (180) calendar days or the total number of sick leave and accumulated sick leave days the teacher may have, whichever is longer, subject to a physician’s certification. In a case of sick leave extending more than four (4) weeks before childbirth and or four (4) weeks afterafter the termination of the pregnancy, the Board and the Superintendent, at such time and every six (6) calendar weeks thereafter, may require the employee to submit an updated certificate of physical disability signed by the attending physician or to submit to an examination or series of examinations by the school doctor or such other doctor as the Board may designate.
6. Additional periods of disability The Board shall grant leave without pay except that the teacher may be established use her sick leave and accumulated sick leave, if any, and receive full pay and benefits for the period so covered by her said leave, as provided by a physician’s statementcertification. Employees The time of such leave in excess of sick leave and accumulated sick leave days used shall not count as teaching time for salary purposes. A tenured teacher xxx, at the Board’s discretion, be paid the difference between her salary and a substitute’s pay for excess days not covered by her accumulated sick leave days. The Board’s decision shall be permitted final with respect to this determination.
7. Upon return from sick leave because of disability due to pregnancy, the teacher shall be reinstated to a teaching position for which she is certified. Failure of the teacher to report to work up to on the designated return date of actual disability. The Board will not arbitrarily or unreasonably deny the requested leave.
d. When an employee requests a leave for disability which can be anticipated, such as maternity related disability, the Board shall honor the leave dates so requested if the same will not substantially interfere with the effective administration to the educational program to which the employee was assigned.
e. To be eligible for a salary increment and credit toward longevity payments and sabbaticals, an employee must be paid for at least ninety (90) school days in each school year, including the school year that the leave commences or terminated.
f. An employee on a voluntary unpaid leave of absence shall not be eligible to either receive or accrue benefits except as statutorily required. The Board shall however, continue automatically terminate the teacher’s coverage in the district’s group health plan for a period of twelve (12) weeks, after which the employee may continue coverage at his/her own expense, in accordance with the rules of the insurance carrier. The Board shall continue to provide medical insurance coverage to employees on paid sick leaveemployment.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Disability Leaves. a. In order to provide for continuity To promote equality among all teachers, the policy regarding employees who become pregnant while employed under the terms of instruction and to assure that adequate planning time is provided, an this contract are as follows:
1. An employee who anticipates the need for a disability leave of absence due to a condition which will render the employee unable to perform his/her duties, shall notify the Superintendent Superintendent, in writing writing, of the anticipated commencement of the disability as soon as the employee knows of it. The employee may request, no later than sixty leave at least two (602) days months prior to the anticipated date commencement of disability, a the disability leave of absence, specifying the dates on which the employee wishes the leave to begin and end.
b. Disability leave can be used for the time that an employee is unable to work because of a temporary disability, including a maternity related disability.
c. leave. In the case of maternity related disabilitypregnancy, an the employee will be presumed disabled four (4) weeks before childbirth and four (4) weeks aftershall inform the Superintendent of the anticipated delivery date. Additional periods of disability may be established The Board shall not remove any teacher from her regular teaching duties during her pregnancy inconsistent with the terms set forth herein unless, as provided by a physician’s statement. Employees shall certification, her teaching performance has declined or her health would be permitted to work up to the date of actual disability. The Board will not arbitrarily or unreasonably deny the requested leaveimpaired if she continued teaching.
d. When an employee requests 2. As provided by a leave for disability which can be anticipated, such as maternity related disabilityphysician’s certification, the Board shall honor grant sick leave as set forth herein because of disability due to pregnancy to every pregnant teacher upon the leave dates so requested if the same will not substantially interfere with the effective administration to the educational program to which the employee was assigned.
e. To be eligible for a salary increment and credit toward longevity payments and sabbaticals, an employee must be paid for at least ninety (90) school days in each school year, including the school year that the leave commences or terminated.
f. An employee on a voluntary unpaid leave written request of absence shall not be eligible to either receive or accrue benefits except as statutorily requiredsaid pregnant teacher. The Board shall howeveralso grant sick leave as set forth herein because of disability due to pregnancy to every teacher upon the recommendation of the Superintendent and a supporting physician’s certification.
3. When the Board approves any sick leave because of disability due to pregnancy, continue it shall do so by resolution designating the teacher’s coverage in term of the district’s group health plan leave, the beginning date of the leave and the return date for the teacher to return to work.
4. Sick leave for disability due to pregnancy shall normally be for a period of twelve (12) weeks, after which the employee may continue coverage at his/her own expense, in accordance with the rules of the insurance carrier. The Board shall continue to provide medical insurance coverage to employees on paid sick leave.four
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Disability Leaves. a. In order to provide for continuity To promote equality among all teachers, the policy regarding employees who become pregnant while employed under the terms of instruction and to assure that adequate planning time is provided, an this contract are as follows:
1. An employee who anticipates the need for a disability leave of absence due to a condition which will render the employee unable to perform his/her duties, shall notify the Superintendent Superintendent, in writing writing, of the anticipated commencement of the disability as soon as the employee knows of it. The employee may request, no later than sixty leave at least two (602) days months prior to the anticipated date commencement of disability, a the disability leave of absence, specifying the dates on which the employee wishes the leave to begin and end.
b. Disability leave can be used for the time that an employee is unable to work because of a temporary disability, including a maternity related disability.
c. leave. In the case of maternity related disabilitypregnancy, an the employee will shall inform the Superintendent of the anticipated delivery date. The Board shall not remove any teacher from her regular teaching duties during her pregnancy inconsistent with the terms set forth herein unless, as provided by a physician’s certification, her teaching performance has declined or her health would be presumed disabled impaired if she continued teaching.
2. As provided by a physician’s certification, the Board shall grant sick leave as set forth herein because of disability due to pregnancy to every pregnant teacher upon the written request of said pregnant teacher. The Board shall also grant sick leave as set forth herein because of disability due to pregnancy to every teacher upon the recommendation of the Superintendent and a supporting physician’s certification.
3. When the Board approves any sick leave because of disability due to pregnancy, it shall do so by resolution designating the term of the leave, the beginning date of the leave and the return date for the teacher to return to work.
4. Sick leave for disability due to pregnancy shall normally be for a period of four (4) weeks immediately prior to the expected date of delivery and the four (4) weeks following the termination of the pregnancy. It may be granted for such other period of time as may be necessary for the teacher’s physical health and safety upon written certification from the teacher’s attending physician.
5. Sick leave due to pregnancy may extend for such period as may be required, but in no case shall the leave of absence extend for more than one hundred eighty (180) calendar days or the total number of sick leave and accumulated sick leave days the teacher may have, whichever is longer, subject to a physician’s certification. In a case of sick leave extending more than four (4) weeks before childbirth and or four (4) weeks afterafter the termination of the pregnancy, the Board and the Superintendent, at such time and every six (6) calendar weeks thereafter, may require the employee to submit an updated certificate of physical disability signed by the attending physician or to submit to an examination or series of examinations by the school doctor or such other doctor as the Board may designate.
6. Additional periods of disability The Board shall grant leave without pay except that the teacher may be established use her sick leave and accumulated sick leave, if any, and receive full pay and benefits for the period so covered by her said leave, as provided by a physician’s statementcertification. Employees The time of such leave in excess of sick leave and accumulated sick leave days used shall not count as teaching time for salary purposes. A tenured teacher may, at the Board’s discretion, be paid the difference between her salary and a substitute’s pay for excess days not covered by her accumulated sick leave days. The Board’s decision shall be permitted final with respect to this determination.
7. Upon return from sick leave because of disability due to pregnancy, the teacher shall be reinstated to a teaching position for which she is certified. Failure of the teacher to report to work up to on the designated return date of actual disability. The Board will not arbitrarily or unreasonably deny the requested leave.
d. When an employee requests a leave for disability which can be anticipated, such as maternity related disability, the Board shall honor the leave dates so requested if the same will not substantially interfere with the effective administration to the educational program to which the employee was assigned.
e. To be eligible for a salary increment and credit toward longevity payments and sabbaticals, an employee must be paid for at least ninety (90) school days in each school year, including the school year that the leave commences or terminated.
f. An employee on a voluntary unpaid leave of absence shall not be eligible to either receive or accrue benefits except as statutorily required. The Board shall however, continue automatically terminate the teacher’s coverage in the district’s group health plan for a period of twelve (12) weeks, after which the employee may continue coverage at his/her own expense, in accordance with the rules of the insurance carrier. The Board shall continue to provide medical insurance coverage to employees on paid sick leaveemployment.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Disability Leaves. a. In order to provide for continuity of instruction and to assure that adequate planning time is provided, an (1) An employee who anticipates the need for requiring a disability leave of absence due to a condition which will render the employee unable to perform shall notify his/her duties, shall notify the Superintendent immediate supervisor in writing of the anticipated commencement date of the disability as soon as the employee knows of itsuch date is known to him/her. The employee may requestshall provide a physician’s certification of the anticipated disability.
(a) In the case of a maternity related disability, the employee shall provide, no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated delivery date, a physician’s certification of the anticipated delivery date and may notify the Board for commencement of disability, a disability leave of absenceup to twenty (20) working days before the delivery date and up to twenty (20) working days after the delivery date. In the event the period of disability extends beyond that described above, specifying the dates on which the employee wishes shall provide a physician’s certification of the leave to begin and end.
b. Disability leave can be used for the time that an employee is unable to work because of a temporary disability, including a maternity related extended disability.
c. (b) In the case of maternity related disability, an employee will be presumed disabled four (4) weeks before childbirth and four (4) weeks after. Additional periods of disability may be established by a physician’s statement. Employees shall be permitted to work up to the date of actual disability. The Board will not arbitrarily or unreasonably deny the requested leave.
d. When an employee requests a leave for disability which can be anticipated, such as non-maternity related disability, the employee shall provide a physician’s certificate stating the anticipated disability and the anticipated duration of the disability.
(2) In the case of an anticipated disability, such as elective surgery or predicted delivery of a child, the Board may regulate the commencement and/or termination dates of the disability leave within the parameters of the law when failure to do so would cause interruption to the continuity of student instruction. Any such involuntary leave so imposed will immediately precede or follow the period of the requested disability leave and will be without pay but the employee shall honor not be denied other contractual and statutory benefits, including payment of insurance premiums for the involuntary as well as voluntary period of the disability leave.
(3) An employee anticipating a disability leave may apply for, in accordance with B(1), a leave of absence which:
(a) the employee utilizes sick leave and vacation time actually earned or accrued through the commencement of this leave; or
(b) the employee has insufficient accrued sick leave and vacation time, or elects not to utilize it, in which case he/she shall be entitled to an unpaid leave of absence for the period of the disability, during which sick leave or vacation time is not utilized, provided that he/she submit to the Superintendent of Schools certification required under Section B(1).
(4) An employee on paid disability leave shall be entitled to all Board-provided insurance benefits during the period of actual disability. An employee on unpaid disability leave shall be entitled to all Board-provided insurance benefits for a period of up to three (3) months during the period of leave as per N.J. Division of Pension regulations.
(5) In the case of unpaid disability leave under Section 3(b), in order to insure the employee’s continued health benefits coverage and subsequent right to purchase credit for the leave dates so requested if the same will not substantially interfere with the effective administration to the educational program to which the employee was assigned.
e. To be eligible of absence in excess of three months for a salary increment and credit toward longevity payments and sabbaticalspension purposes, an employee must on unpaid leave of absence for disability purposes shall provide a physician’s certificate as to the illness or disability for the period in excess of three months’ leave of absence. The certificate shall be paid for at least ninety provided by the employee to the Superintendent before the 90th day of unpaid leave of absence. The employee shall comply with any additional requirements of the insurance carrier or of the State of New Jersey (90regarding pension and insurance) school days in each school year, including the school year that the leave commences or terminatedorder to continue coverage.
f. An (6) Extensions of disability leaves shall be granted if the employee on provides a voluntary physician’s certificate as to the need for the extension, the reason therefore, and duration for the additional period of disability. In the case of a non- tenured employee, the unpaid leave of absence shall not be eligible to either receive or accrue benefits except as statutorily requiredextend beyond the employee’s current contract. The Board shall howevermay require, continue by a physician of its choice, a second examination to verify the teacher’s coverage in the district’s group health plan need for a period of twelve (12) weeks, after which the employee may continue coverage at his/her own expense, in accordance with the rules an extension of the insurance carrierdisability leave. The In that event, the Board shall continue to provide medical insurance coverage to employees on paid sick leavewill assume the cost of those required physician services.
(7) “Maternity disability” as used in this article
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