General Policies Governing Leaves of Absence. (a) Applications for leave of absence shall be made, in writing, to the Employer as early as possible in order that staff substitutions may be arranged. Applications shall indicate the date of departure on leave and the date of return.
General Policies Governing Leaves of Absence. (a) Leave of absence without pay may be granted to an Employee at the discretion of the Employer and the Employee shall not work for gain during the period of leave of absence except with the express consent of the Employer.
General Policies Governing Leaves of Absence. 19.2.1 No leave will be considered an interruption in continuity of service.
General Policies Governing Leaves of Absence. Leaves With Pay
General Policies Governing Leaves of Absence. Leaves With Pay When the employment of an employee who has been granted more vacation, sick leave or special leave with pay than he has earned is terminated by reason of his death, the employee shall be considered to have earned that amount of leave with pay granted to him. When the employment of an employee with more than one (1) year of service who has been granted more vacation, sick leave or special leave with pay than he has earned is laid off, the employee shall be considered to have earned that amount of leave with pay granted to him. When an employee is in receipt of an extra allowance and is granted leave with pay, he is entitled during his period of leave to receive the allowance if the special or extra duties in respect of which he is paid the allowance were assigned to him on a continuing basis, and provided he returns from the leave to perform the special or extra duties, otherwise he is not entitled to the extra allowance, and any allowance paid during the period of leave must be repaid. During the month of May in each year the Employer shall inform each employee in the Bargaining Unit in writing of the balance of his special, sick and vacation leave credits as of the day of March. If, at the end of the fiscal year, an employee’s entitlement to vacation leave with pay includes a fractional entitlement of less or more than one-half day the entitlement shall be increased as follows:
General Policies Governing Leaves of Absence. The following rules and procedures shall apply to requests for leaves of absence;
General Policies Governing Leaves of Absence. The following provisions are applicable to all leaves of absence except where expressly stated.
General Policies Governing Leaves of Absence. (a) Application for personal leave of absence shall be submitted in writing, to the Employer as early as possible in order that staff substitutions may be arranged. Applications shall indicate the date of departure of leave and the date of return. Permission for leave of absence will not be unfairly withheld and where permission is denied reasons will be given in writing to the employee and the Union. The Executive Director and the Local President agree to discuss any requested leave of absence that the Employee feels has been unreasonably denied. This discussion shall take place prior to the Local proceeding to the grievance process.
General Policies Governing Leaves of Absence. (a) Requests for a leave of absence without pay will, where possible, be made in writing to the Department Manager four (4) weeks in advance except that in extenuating circumstances the time factor may be waived or reduced. Except in exceptional circumstances the Department Manager will reply in writing to a request for leave of absence within five (5) days of receipt of the request.
