Common use of Exhaustion of Leaves Clause in Contracts

Exhaustion of Leaves. a. A permanent employee who has exhausted all entitlement to sick leave, vacation, compensatory overtime, or other available paid leave and who is absent because of non‐work‐related accident or illness may be granted additional leave, paid or unpaid, not to exceed six months. The employee shall be notified, in writing, that available paid leave has been exhausted, and shall be offered an opportunity to request additional leave. The Board of Education may renew the leave of absence, paid or unpaid, for two additional six‐month periods or lesser leave periods that it may provide but not to exceed a total of 18 months. b. An employee, upon ability to resume the duties of a position within the class to which he/she was assigned, may do so at any time during the leaves of absence granted under this section and time lost shall not be considered a break in service. The employee shall be restored to a position within the class to which the employee was assigned and, if at all possible, to his/her position with all the rights, benefits and burdens of a permanent employee. c. If at the conclusion of all leaves of absence, paid or unpaid, the employee is still unable to assume the duties of his/her position, the employee shall be placed on a reemployment list for a period of 39 months. At that time, during the prescribed 39 months, the employee is able to assume duties of his/her position the employee shall be reemployed in the first vacancy in the classification of his or her previous assignment. The employee’s reemployment will take preference of all other applicants except for those laid off for lack of work or funds, in which case the employee shall be ranked according to his/her proper seniority. Upon resumption of duties, the break in service will be disregarded and the employee shall be fully restored as a permanent employee.

Exhaustion of Leaves. a. A permanent employee who has exhausted all entitlement to sick leave, vacation, compensatory overtime, or other available paid leave and who is absent because of non‐work‐related non-work-related accident or illness may be granted additional leave, paid or unpaid, not to exceed six months. The employee shall be notified, in writing, that available paid leave has been exhausted, and shall be offered an opportunity to request additional leave. The Board of Education may renew the leave of absence, paid or unpaid, for two additional six‐month six-month periods or lesser leave periods that it may provide but not to exceed a total of 18 months. b. An employee, upon ability to resume the duties of a position within the class to which he/she was assigned, may do so at any time during the leaves of absence granted under this section and time lost shall not be considered a break in service. The employee shall be restored to a position within the class to which the employee was assigned and, if at all possible, to his/her position with all the rights, benefits and burdens of a permanent employee. c. If at the conclusion of all leaves of absence, paid or unpaid, the employee is still unable to assume the duties of his/her position, the employee shall be placed on a reemployment list for a period of 39 months. At that time, during the prescribed 39 months, the employee is able to assume duties of his/her position the employee shall be reemployed in the first vacancy in the classification of his or her previous assignment. The employee’s reemployment will take preference of all other applicants except for those laid off for lack of work or funds, in which case the employee shall be ranked according to his/her proper seniority. Upon resumption of duties, the break in service will be disregarded and the employee shall be fully restored as a permanent employee.