General Leave Notwithstanding any provision for leave in this Agreement, the Employer may grant a leave of absence without pay to an employee requesting leave for an emergency or other unusual circumstances. A leave of absence may also be granted for any other reason in which case approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. All requests and approvals for leave shall be in writing. Upon request, the Employer will give reasons orally for withholding approval.
General Leaves When no other leaves are available, a leave of absence may be granted to an employee on a paid or unpaid basis at any time upon any terms acceptable to the District and an employee.
General Leave Provisions 21.1.1 Except where explicitly noted in Article 00 Xxxxx Xxxxx, the Employer may implement, modify, or eliminate the leaves of absence as outlined in this Article and consistent with all state and federal leave requirements. The Employer reserves the right to modify its Leave of Absence policies. The Employer will inform the Union of any material and substantial changes in its Leave of Absence policies prior to implementation.
Annual Leave Loading During a period of annual leave an employee will receive a loading of 17.5 per cent calculated on the employee’s normal hourly rate of pay and the daily fares allowance if applicable. The loading will also apply to proportionate leave on lawful termination.
General Leaves of Absence A. Upon written request from the employee and upon approval of the College President, unpaid leave of absence may be granted to any employee for such things as: (a) illness; (b) family emergency; (c) maternity/paternity; (d) adoption; (e) education; and (f) military leave. The terms of the leave of absence will be confirmed in writing by the College.
B. The leave of absence of an employee on leave for reasons other than military service will terminate at the end of one (1) full year in which no service has been rendered. No more than one (1) year will be granted to any family unit for maternity/paternity leave for any one (1) child.
C. Except for military service, there shall be no other employment while on leave without prior approval of the President.
D. The returning employee will be assigned to the position occupied before the leave of absence. If that position is unavailable/eliminated, the employee may choose a vacant position substantially equal in duties and compensation or any opening for which the employee is qualified.
E. Employees filling positions of employees on leave of absence will be assigned to such positions for a specific period of time, during which they shall be subject to all provisions of this Agreement. It shall be the responsibility of the College to inform replacement employees of these provisions. This provision does not apply to leaves of short duration for which the College presently hires temporary employees.
F. The employee will retain accrued sick leave, vested vacation rights, and seniority rights while on leave of absence. However, vacation credits, sick leave, and seniority shall not accrue while the employee is on leave of absence; provided, however, that if such leave is approved for extended illness or injury, seniority shall accrue.
General Leave of Absence a) Leave of absence without pay may be granted to employees for valid reasons as set out by Company policy.
b) An employee on general leave of absence shall not accumulate sick leave credits, or earn vacation but shall retain the seniority, sick leave credits, and vacation credits earned prior to commencing leave of absence.
c) Employees do not have the option of continuing their benefit coverage during the leave.
d) Employees on leave of absence shall be required to apply for any extension.
Funeral Leave A. In the event of death in the immediate family, a permanent unit member shall qualify for funeral leave with pay for up to three (3) consecutive workdays (24 hours) for participation in funeral services or arrangements.
B. For the purpose of this section, “immediate family” is defined as: spouse, child or stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, brother, sister, parents or stepparents of spouse, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, and grandparents of spouse.
A. Funeral pay will be provided to accommodate absences occurring only on regularly scheduled workdays at the employee’s base rate of pay. Funeral leave will not be granted for any period during which the employee is already in a paid or unpaid leave status (unpaid leave status is interpreted as being military leave, disciplinary suspension, voluntary unpaid leave, absence without leave).
B. Eligibility is further conditioned upon submission by the employee of a certificate as to the purpose and validity of leave usage.
C. Leave requests meeting the conditions of these sections will be approved by the employee’s immediate supervisor and, if requested, the employee shall further submit proof of death and relationship.
D. Requests for funeral leave with pay will not be approved for absences not taken within a seven (7) calendar day period of the date of the funeral.
A. In the event of the death of an employee’s relative and not in the immediate family, as defined above, leave time with pay up to one eight (8) hour workday may be taken for funeral purposes. No more than twenty-four (24) hours may be taken in any one (1) calendar year as funeral leave in keeping with this section.
B. In the event a unit member should require additional time in excess of the allowances established in the above provisions, such additional time may be charged against vacation credits, with the approval of the supervisor.
Section 4: Use of funeral leave will not be charged against accumulated sick leave balances.
Section 5: In addition to funeral leave, in the event of the death of a spouse and/or a child of the employee, two (2) days’ sick leave may be used by the employee as additional bereavement leave.
Accrual of Annual Leave (a) An employee shall accrue an amount of paid annual leave, for each completed 4 week period of continuous service with the employer, of 1/13 of the number of ordinary hours worked by the employee for the employer during that 4 week period.
(b) Annual leave shall accrue on a pro-rata basis and be credited to the employee monthly.
Public Holidays falling within Annual Leave (a) If a Public Holiday, as prescribed in this Agreement, falls within an Employee’s annual leave the Public Holiday does not constitute part of the Employee’s annual leave and will be paid as ordinary hours.
Accrual of Leave (a) An employee’s entitlement to paid recreation leave accrues progressively during a year of service according to the employee’s ordinary hours of work.
(b) If an employee takes unpaid leave that does not count as service, leave will not accrue for that period.
