Common use of Health and Hardship Leave Clause in Contracts

Health and Hardship Leave. A bargaining unit member, whose personal illness extends beyond the period covered by accumulated sick leave shall be placed on a health and hardship leave for the period of time necessary for complete recovery, but not to exceed one (1) calendar year from the date of inception of the illness or disability. Health and hardship leaves shall be without pay, however, the bargaining unit member shall continue for the remainder of the bargaining unit member’s workyear to accrue seniority and experience credit toward any salary increments. a. Upon recovery, the bargaining unit member shall be required to submit a physician’s statement attesting to the bargaining unit member’s ability to fully perform the duties of his/her position. b. The Board reserves the right to require, at its expense, an examination by a physician of the Board’s choice. In the event of a conflict between the bargaining unit member’s physician’s statement and the Board’s physician’s statement regarding the bargaining unit member’s fitness, the statement of the Board’s physician shall be controlling. c. In the event the bargaining unit member presents acceptable evidence of recovered health within one (1) year from the last day worked, the bargaining unit member shall be reinstated to the same or an equivalent position. d. Should the illness or disability be of such an extent that the bargaining unit member is unable to present acceptable evidence of recovered health within one (1) year, the bargaining unit member may be re-employed at the discretion of the Board.

Health and Hardship Leave. A bargaining unit memberemployee, whose personal illness extends beyond the period covered by accumulated sick leave shall be placed on a health and hardship leave for the period of time necessary for complete recovery, but not to exceed one (1) calendar year from the date of inception of the illness or disability. Health and hardship leaves shall be without pay, however, the bargaining unit member employee shall continue for the remainder of the bargaining unit memberemployee’s workyear work year to accrue seniority and experience credit toward any salary increments. a. Upon recovery, the bargaining unit member employee shall be required to submit a physician’s statement attesting to the bargaining unit memberemployee’s ability to fully perform the essential duties of his/her position. b. The Board reserves the right to require, at its expense, an examination by a physician of the Board’s choice. In the event of a conflict between the bargaining unit memberemployee’s physician’s statement and the Board’s physician’s statement regarding the bargaining unit memberemployee’s fitnessfitness for duty, the statement of the Board’s physician shall be controlling. c. In the event the bargaining unit member employee presents acceptable evidence of recovered health within one (1) year from the last day worked, the bargaining unit member employee shall be reinstated to the same or an equivalent position. d. Should the illness or disability be of such an extent that the bargaining unit member employee is unable to present acceptable evidence of recovered health within one (1) year, the bargaining unit member employee may be re-employed at the discretion of the Board.

Health and Hardship Leave. A bargaining unit memberemployee, whose personal illness extends beyond the period covered by accumulated sick leave shall be placed on a health and hardship leave for the period of time necessary for complete recovery, but not to exceed one (1) calendar year from the date of inception of the illness or disability. Health and hardship leaves shall be without pay, ; however, the bargaining unit member employee shall continue for the remainder of the bargaining unit memberemployee’s workyear work year to accrue seniority and experience credit toward any salary increments. a. Upon recovery, the bargaining unit member employee shall be required to submit a physician’s statement attesting to the bargaining unit memberemployee’s ability to fully perform the essential duties of his/her position. b. The Board reserves the right to require, at its expense, an examination by a physician of the Board’s choice. In the event of a conflict between the bargaining unit memberemployee’s physician’s statement and the Board’s physician’s statement regarding the bargaining unit memberemployee’s fitnessfitness for duty, the statement of the Board’s physician shall be controlling. c. In the event the bargaining unit member employee presents acceptable evidence of recovered health within one (1) year from the last day worked, the bargaining unit member employee shall be reinstated to the same or an equivalent position. d. Should the illness or disability be of such an extent that the bargaining unit member employee is unable to present acceptable evidence of recovered health within one (1) year, the bargaining unit member employee may be re-employed at the discretion of the Board.