ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICE LEAVE. Members who become candidates for full-time public office shall be granted on request a temporary Elected Public Office Leave for the duration of the election campaign. Such Elected Public Office Leave shall be paid for the duration to a maximum of twenty-five (25) days of work. Such a request must be made to the Chief Librarian or Xxxx as soon as the Member has decided to become a candidate. Such a request shall not be arbitrarily denied.
ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICE LEAVE. A seniority employee elected to a full-time public office which takes him/her from his/her employment with the Company shall, upon prior written request, receive a temporary leave of absence for the term of such office or one year, whichever is less, and upon return shall be reinstated at work in line with his/ her seniority status in the classification in which he/she was engaged last prior to such leave of absence. His/her seniority shall accumulate throughout the period of the leave of absence. Such leaves of absence may be renewed yearly with the approval of the Company.
ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICE LEAVE. If Elected Public Office Leave, taken by a Member on a Probationary Appointment, demonstrably and seriously interferes with the performance of duties relevant to consideration for a Continuing Appointment, the Member may apply in writing and with reasons to the Chief Librarian or Xxxx, within thirty (30) days of the end of the Elected Public Office Leave, requesting an extension beyond the periods set out in Clause 6 above. Such an extension shall not be arbitrarily denied.
ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICE LEAVE. Members who become candidates for full-time public office shall be granted on request a paid temporary Elected Public Office Leave for the durationof the election campaign. Such a request must be made to the Xxxx as soon as the Member has decided to become a candidate. A Member campaigningfor election to public office shall speak and write as a privatecitizen and not as a representativeof the University. A Member who is elected to full-time public office shall be granted Elected Public Office Leave without salary or benefitsfor the duration of the publicoff ice term. The Member may elect to pay the cost of benefits and/or pensioncontributionsduring the periodof the Leave. During the Leave, the Employer will not contribute towards the cost of benefits, including pension. The Elected Public Office Leave shall end when the Member's first public office term expires or, if the Member successfully seeks subsequent terms of office, at the end of five years, whichever is longer. A Member who seeks public office or who seeks to stay in public office for more than five years, and who has not resigned, shall cease to be an employee of the University at the end of the fifth year in office. The Member, upon both making a request to the Xxxx and returning to the workplace no later than two weeks following the expiry of the Leave, shall be reinstated in his or her previous academic Appointment. A Member on Elected Public Office Leave is not eligible for considerationfor Tenure and/or Promotion. If a Member on a Probationary Appointment takes an Elected Public Office Leave that demonstrablyand seriously interfereswith the performance of duties relevantto consideration for Tenure, the probationary period shall be extended by the period of the Leave, upon the Member's request and with the approval of the Xxxxxxx. Such a request must be made to the Xxxxxxx within thirty days of from the Elected Public Office Leave.
