Leave and Absence Defined a. Probationary and permanent employees shall be eligible for certain paid and unpaid leaves. A leave is an authorized absence from active service granted to probationary or permanent employees, for a specified purpose and period of time, with the right to return to active service, unless the employee’s service would otherwise have been terminated. Leaves are either “permissive” or “mandatory”. As to permissive leaves, the term “may” is used and the District retains discretion as to whether they are to be granted, and as to the starting and ending days of the leave. As to mandatory leaves, the term “shall” is used and the District has no discretion as to whether the leave is to be granted to a qualified employee.
b. In this Article, "working days" are considered as beginning on the first day for which leave is claimed at the time the employee usually reports for work through the last day for which leave is claimed until the time the employee usually leaves the job.
c. All leaves which are charged against accrued illness leave shall be charged on an hour-for-hour basis.
Leave and Absence Defined. Probationary and permanent employees shall be eligible for certain paid and unpaid leaves. A leave is an authorized absence from active service granted to probationary or permanent employees, for a specified purpose and period of time, with the right to return to active service, unless the employee’s service would otherwise have been terminated. Leaves are either “permissive” or “mandatory”. As to permissive leaves, the term “may” is used and the District retains discretion as to whether they are to be granted, and as to the starting and ending dates of the leave. As to mandatory leaves, the term “shall” is used and the District has no discretion as to whether the leave is to be granted to a qualified employee.
Leave and Absence Defined. 12.1.1 A leave is an authorized absence from active service granted to probationary or permanent employees, for a specified purpose and period of time, with the right to return to active service unless the employee's service would have otherwise been terminated. All other employees, except for those excluded in Section 12.2 below (including, but not limited to, temporary employees and university interns) may qualify for absences but not leaves. Leaves are either "permissive" or "mandatory." As to permissive leaves, the term "may" is used and ECRA retains discretion as to whether they are to be granted, and as to the starting and ending dates of the leave. As to mandatory leaves the term "shall" is used and ECRA has no discretion as to whether the leave is to be granted to a qualified employee.
12.1.2 Employees who are on unpaid leaves and employees who exhaust their paid benefits while on paid leave are not eligible for ECRA-paid health and welfare benefits while in unpaid status. As an exception, employees on approved unpaid Family Care and Medical Leave/Absence are eligible for ECRA-paid benefits provided they are otherwise eligible for such benefits as provided in Section 12.21 of this Article. Also, employees in unpaid status may arrange for continuance of benefits through COBRA. In addition, employees in unpaid status will have their assignment basis changed from annualized to un-annualized (pay as you work). Such changes may result in employees having been paid salary for which they are not eligible based on service provided. To avoid this, employees may request that their assignment basis be changed in advance of the start of the school year.
