Intermittent Leave and Reduced Leave. a. Intermittent Leave is taken in separate blocks of time due to a single illness or injury and may include leave of periods as short as those used by the District for sick and personal leave, up to several weeks. Examples include leave taken on an occasional basis for medical appointments or leave taken several days at a time spread over a period of six months, such as for chemotherapy. b. Reduced Leave is a leave that reduces an employee’s usual number of working hours per work week or hours per work day. Reduced leave is a change in the work schedule for a period of time. The Board reserves the right to transfer the employee to a different schedule that better accommodates the leave and work duties during the period of Reduced Leave. c. Only the amount of the leave actually taken may be counted toward the twelve (12) weeks of FMLA Leave to which an eligible employee is entitled. (1) The employee must make reasonable efforts to schedule treatments to minimize disruptions. (2) The employee must provide reasonable advance notice. d. Unless agreeable to the Board, intermittent leaves and reduced schedules are not available for the birth of a child and to care for the newborn child or placement with the employee of a child for adoption or xxxxxx care.
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