Volunteer Firefighting Leave Leave without pay will be granted when an employee who is a volunteer firefighter is called to duty to respond to a fire, natural disaster or medical emergency.
Volunteer Leave Subject to operational requirements as determined by the Employer and with an advance notice of at least five (5) working days, the employee shall be granted, in each fiscal year, a single period of up to seven decimal five (7.5) hours’ of leave with pay to work as a volunteer for a charitable or community organization or activity, other than for activities related to the Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign. The leave will be scheduled at a time convenient both to the employee and the Employer. Nevertheless, the Employer shall make every reasonable effort to grant the leave at such a time as the employee may request.
Carer’s Leave An employee may use up to 10 days accrued sick days as carers leave to tend to the care for members of the employee’s immediate household. The leave will be subject to the employee providing reasonable proof of the need for the use of xxxxx’s leave. In circumstances where the employee has exhausted all of the paid leave, a further 2 days unpaid leave may be taken.
FMLA Leave The Board agrees to comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act and agrees that any policy adopted to implement the FMLA shall in no way reduce or adversely impact any other provision of this Agreement.
Childcare Leave 3.1 An employee shall be entitled to use ten (10) days of sick leave per year for childcare. 3.2 An employee who is adopting a child shall be entitled to use ten (10) days of sick leave per year for the purpose of caring for the needs of the adopted child.
Study Leave Credits for study leave will be given for educational commitments falling due between an employee's nominated starting and finishing times.
Assault Leave 1. An employee of Alliance City Schools who, without fault, must be absent due to physical disability resulting from an assault which occurs in the course of Board employment while on duty on school grounds during school hours or where required to be in attendance at a school sponsored function shall, after using all or three (3) days of accumulated and unused sick leave, whichever is less, be eligible for assault leave. [When an employee has no accumulated sick leave, three days of sick leave will be advanced.] Assault leave shall be granted for the period of physical disability not to exceed one-hundred eighty (180) school days upon the member's delivering to the Superintendent a signed statement indicating the nature of the injury, the date of its occurrence, the identity of the individual(s) causing the assault and the facts surrounding the assault. If medical attention is required, the member shall supply a certificate from a licensed physician stating the nature of the disability and its anticipated duration. 2. Full payment for assault leave, less Worker's Compensation, shall not exceed the member's per diem rate of pay exclusive of supplementary pay and will not be approved for payment unless and until the statement and certificate, as provided above, are submitted to the Superintendent. Falsification of either the signed statement or a physician's certificate is grounds for suspension or termination of employment under Section 3319.16 of the Ohio Revised Code. 3. Where the member exhausts his/her assault leave, he/she may use sick leave for the period of physical disability. If sick leave and the assault leave provided for herein become exhausted, the member may apply for further assault leave. Whether such additional assault leave is granted shall be determined solely by the Board in its discretion. Where the assaulted member becomes eligible for benefits under the State Teachers' Retirement System because of any disability or because of age or where the member's employment by the Board ceases for any reason whatsoever, this leave provision shall no longer apply and any assault leave payments shall automatically terminate.
Professional Improvement Leave A teacher may be granted leave to be used for the teacher's professional improvement. Professional improvement days may be approved by the superintendent and used for the purpose of: 1. Visitation to view other instructional techniques or programs. 2. Conferences, workshops, or seminars conducted by colleges, universities, or vocational schools. The teacher planning to use a professional improvement day shall notify the principal at least one week in advance of the proposed absence. The teacher shall be required to file a written report with the principal within one (1) week of attendance at such event. Also, the teacher may/shall be requested to return with materials and/or information to be shared with other teachers. The expense of attending such visitation, conference, workshop, or seminar will be paid by the Board when the proper reimbursement applications are sent to the district office. In cases where attendance at a convention, workshop, seminar, or other educational activity is deemed to be of value only to the individual teacher, leave may be granted for attendance with either no expenses or limited expenses being underwritten by the district. In these cases, no written or verbal reports will be required.
Intermittent Leave If medically necessary due to the serious medical condition of the employee, or that of the employee's spouse, child, parent, registered domestic partner within the meaning of Minneapolis Code of Ordinances Chapter 142, or other dependents and/or members of their households who have a serious medical condition, leave may be taken on an intermittent schedule. In cases of the birth, adoption or xxxxxx placement of a child, family and medical leave may be taken intermittently only when expressly approved by the Employer.
Health Leave Any regular employee of the District may, at the discretion of the Board, be granted a leave of absence without pay for reasons of health, such leave to be specified for a period of not more than one year. Such leave may be extended in case of serious health conditions.
