Common use of Leave for Extended Illness or Disability Clause in Contracts

Leave for Extended Illness or Disability. An employee who is unable to work because of personal illness or disability and who had exhausted all sick leave available shall be granted a leave of absence for up to one (1) year. He shall be paid the difference between the employee’s salary and that of a replacement for a maximum of thirty (30) days after the employee’s sick leave-has been exhausted and during the next eleven (11) months he shall be paid nothing under this provision. A written request to return to work may be made at any time during the leave for extended illness or disability. Upon receipt of such written request for re-employment, the District shall offer as soon as practicable, the same professional assignment the employee held before being on extended illness or disability leave or a substantially equivalent professional assignment, if said assignment is available. If said assignment is not available, the School Board shall offer the employee any other available professional assignment for which the employee is certified until such time as the Board can, through established placement procedures, offer the employee the professional assignment the employee held before, or one substantially similar to it.

Leave for Extended Illness or Disability. An employee who is unable to work because of personal illness or disability and who had exhausted all sick leave available shall be granted a leave of absence for up to one (1) year. He shall be paid the difference between the employee’s his salary and that of a replacement for a maximum of thirty (30) days after the employee’s his sick leave-has been exhausted and during the next eleven (11) months he shall be paid nothing under this provision. A written request to return to work may be made at any time during the leave for extended illness or disability. Upon receipt of such written request for re-employment, the District shall offer as soon as practicable, the same professional assignment the employee held before being on extended illness or disability leave or a substantially equivalent professional assignment, if said assignment is available. If said assignment is not available, the School Board shall offer the employee any other available professional assignment for which the employee is certified until such time as the Board can, through established placement procedures, offer the employee the professional assignment the employee held before, or one substantially similar to it.