Common use of Intermittent or Reduced Schedule Leave Clause in Contracts

Intermittent or Reduced Schedule Leave. An employee may take leave intermittently or on a reduced schedule when medically necessary due to their own serious health condition or to care for a covered family member with a serious health condition. In order to accommodate an employee’s request for intermittent leave or leave on a reduced schedule that is foreseeable based on planned medical treatment, and would otherwise be denied due to hardship on the employer, the employer will explore the possibility of a transfer to an alternative position that has equivalent pay and benefits. If an eligible instructional employee needs to care for a family member or the employee’s own serious health condition, which is foreseeable based on planned medical treatment, and the employee would be on leave for more than twenty (20%) percent of the total number of working days over the period the leave would extend, the Superintendent may require the employee to choose either to take leave for a period of a particular duration (not greater than the duration of the planned treatment); or transfer temporarily to an available alternative position for which the employee is qualified, which has equivalent pay and benefits and which better accommodates recurring periods of leave than does the employee’s regular position. An employee may take leave intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule for the birth or adoption (or xxxxxx care placement) of a son or daughter only if the employee and employer agree to such an arrangement.