Unpaid Leave - Affecting Seniority and Benefits Any employee granted unpaid leave of absence totalling up to twenty (20) working days in any year shall continue to accumulate seniority and all benefits and shall return to her/his former job and increment step. If an unpaid leave of absence or an accumulation of unpaid leaves of absence exceeds twenty (20) working days in any year, the employee shall not accumulate benefits from the twenty-first (21st) day of the unpaid leave to the last day of the unpaid leave but shall accumulate benefits and receive credit for previously earned benefits upon expiration of the unpaid leave.
SENIORITY, LAYOFF AND RECALL 30 Section 1 Seniority Defined 30 Section 2 Termination Of Seniority Rights 31 Section 3 Layoff 32 Section 4 Permanent Layoff 32 Section 5 Layoff Lists 34 Section 6 Recall 35 Section 7 Removal from Layoff List 35 Section 8 Work Out of Class and Mobility 36 ARTICLE 16 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 37
Break in Seniority Seniority shall be broken by:
Acquisition of Seniority An employee shall not acquire seniority until such time as he or she has successfully completed the probationary period provided for in the present Collective Agreement.
Seniority Date Employees shall acquire seniority upon completion of the probationary period as defined in Article XIII and upon acquiring seniority, the seniority date shall relate back to the first date of continuous service in the bargaining unit. If more than one employee commences work on the same date, lot shall determine seniority ranking for such employees. A District-Wide seniority list will be provided for the exclusive representative no later than November 1 of each year.
