Extended Leave For Illness Or Injury. The DISTRICT may grant a leave of absence without pay due to illness or injury for up to two years for any employee whose accumulated sick leave runs out and who provides medical documentation stating the cause of disability, the beginning of the disability period, the length of the disability and the expected date the employee could return to work. Such leave may be covered by FMLA for eligible employees. Employees on approved extended leaves without pay may continue all insurance coverages in which enrolled by remitting the cost for such coverages to the Human Resources Office on a monthly basis. This provision does not diminish or otherwise modify the right of eligible full-time employees to receive income protection payments as provided under Article 11, Section I, D.
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Extended Leave For Illness Or Injury. The DISTRICT may grant a leave of absence without pay due to illness or injury for up to two years for any employee whose accumulated sick leave runs out and who provides medical documentation stating the cause of disability, the beginning of the disability period, the length of the disability and the expected date the employee could return to work. Such leave may be covered by FMLA for eligible employees. Employees on approved extended leaves without pay may continue all insurance coverages in which they are enrolled by remitting the cost for such coverages to the Human Resources Office on a monthly basis. This provision does not diminish or otherwise modify the right of eligible full-time employees to receive income protection payments as provided under Article 11, Section I, D.
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