Employment Restoration Sample Clauses

Employment Restoration. Any eligible employee who takes a leave for purpose intended by the law will be entitled, upon return from such leave, to be restored to the same position of employment as held when the leave began, or to be restored to an equivalent position with equivalent employment benefits, pay, and other terms and conditions of employment. An exception to the employment restoration provisions of this policy will be made if the employee on leave is a salaried employee and is among the highest ten percent of the School Department’s employees living within seventy - five miles, and restoring employment of the employee would result in substantial economic injury to the School Department. In this situation, however, the employee will be notified of the School Department’s intent to deny restoration and will be given an opportunity to return to work. A doctor’s release may be required if the employee is returning from a medical leave of three or more days.

Employment Restoration. 21 Upon return from paid family or medical leave, an employee may be entitled to be restored to the position 22 of employment held by the employee when the leave commenced or to be restored to an equivalent 23 position with equivalent employment benefits, pay, and other terms and conditions of employment. If the 24 same, or an equivalent position is not available, the employee rights to a position will be determined by 25 that employee’s collective bargaining agreement. 27 As a condition of restoration for employees who have taken medical leave, the district may require those 28 employees to receive certification from their health care provider that they are able to resume work. 30 The district may deny restoration to any salaried employee who is among the highest paid ten percent of 31 its employees if the following apply: 33 A. Denial is necessary to prevent substantial and grievous economic injury to the operations of the 34 employer; 35 B. The district notifies the employee of its intent to deny restoration on such basis at the time the 36 district determines the injury would occur; and 37 C. The leave has commenced and the employee elects not to return to employment after receiving 38 the notice. 40 The district may also deny restoration if the employee would not otherwise have been employed at the 41 time of reinstatement. 42 43 If the district chooses to deny restoration, it will provide written notice of such denial in person or by 44 certified mail. The notice will include a statement that the district intends to deny employment restoration 45 when the leave has ended, the reasons behind the decision to deny restoration, an explanation that health 46 benefits will still be paid for the duration of the leave, and the date on which eligibility for employer- 47 provided health benefits ends. 1 The rights described above only apply in the following circumstances: the district has 50 or more 3 worked for the district for at least 1,250 hours during the 12 months immediately preceding the date on 4 which leave will commence.