Leave for Personal Necessity. 1. Upon prior notification to the immediate supervisor, up to 7 days of authorized sick leave per year may be used for personal necessity. District approved forms must be used. This leave shall not accumulate from year to year.
2. A unit member may use up to four (4) of the seven (7) days, per school year, of personal necessity leave without verification with 24 hours prior notification.
3. Circumstances for taking the three (3) remaining personal necessity days are as follows (In examples a, b, c, prior notification to the immediate supervisor is not required.):
(a) Death or serious illness of a member of his/her immediate family. "Immediate family" for purposes as used in this article shall be limited to the mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, or grandchild of the unit member or of the spouse or registered domestic partner of the unit member, and the spouse, registered domestic partner, son, stepson, son-in-law, daughter, stepdaughter, daughter-in-law, brother, brother-in-law or sister, sister-in-law of the unit member, or any relative living in the immediate household of the unit member.
(b) Accident, involving his/her person or property, or the person or property of a member of his/her immediate family.
(c) Verifiable emergencies, which were beyond the control of the individual.
(d) Appearances in court as a litigant or as a witness under an official order.
(e) Funeral attendance.
(f) Observances of religious holidays or civil obligations which cannot be conducted before or after the workday.
(g) Matters pertaining to personal welfare.
(h) Compelling personal reasons that cannot be conducted after the work day such as attendance at a child's graduation, appointments with professionals (attorneys, accountants, etc.) and attendance at immediate family weddings.
(a) In cases of the three days of personal necessity leave use, the unit member shall, upon return, submit a signed statement on a District- approved form which sets forth the nature of the personal necessity involved and may include any subsequent proof as requested by the District except as specified in paragraph B.2 of this Article.
(b) Site administrators may limit the number of unit members at their site who may use this leave on any one day.
5. Personal necessity shall not include the use of such leave for any of the following:
(a) Attendance at, or participation in, functions or activities which are primarily for the unit member's pleasure, amusement, or personal convenience.
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Leave for Personal Necessity. 1. In addition to the sick leave provisions above, up to ten (10) days of the ten (10) days of annual accrued leave of absence for illness or injury may be used annually by the employee, in case of personal necessity. No such accumulated leave of absence in excess of ten (10) days may be used in any school year for the purposes enumerated in this section. The section does not entitle any employee to any additional leave.
2. For purposes of this Section, personal necessity means significant lifecycle events of the member or his/her immediate family (such as weddings, graduations, divorces, paternity, births); family emergencies which endanger the safety or health of the immediate family; religious holiday observances; illness of members of the immediate family; damage or serious threat to employee’s property or the property of members of the immediate family.
Leave for Personal Necessity. 1. In addition to the sick leave provisions above, up to ten (10) days of the ten (10) days of annual accrued leave of absence for illness or injury may be used annually by the employee, in case of personal necessity. No such accumulated leave of absence in excess of ten (10) days may be used in any school year for the purposes enumerated in this section. The section does not entitle any employee to any additional leave.
2. For purposes of this Section, personal necessity means lifecycle events of the member or his/her immediate family (including, but not limited to weddings, graduations, divorces, births, or a child’s school event); family emergencies which endanger the safety or health of the immediate family; religious holiday observances; illness of members of the immediate family; damage or serious threat to employee’s property or the property of members of the immediate family.
3. Based on reasonable suspicion, the District has the power and duty to review the stipulations of bona fide need for personal necessity by the unit member. For purposes of this Section, “reasonable suspicion” means that there is a demonstrable reason to doubt the authorized use of personal necessity.
Leave for Personal Necessity. A unit member may claim and 10 deduct up to eight (8) days per year from his/her accumulated sick leave for 11 reasons due to personal necessity or emergency. It shall be the unit member’s 12 responsibility to track their usage of personal necessity leave. The charging of 13 such absences shall be subject to the notification of his/her immediate supervisor, 14 and such notification should be obtained in advance when possible. Absences 15 which may be charged to accumulated sick leave under this section include, but 16 are not limited to, the following categories:
17 16.3.1 Death of a member of his/her immediate family when 18 additional leave is required beyond that provided for in other sections of this 19 Agreement.
20 16.3.2 Death of a relative outside the immediate family or of a close 21 friend.
22 16.3.3 Accident involving his/her person or property, or the person or 23 property of his/her immediate family.
24 16.3.4 Appearance in court as a litigant, as a witness, or other 25 absence required under official government order or direction, except as outlined 26 in 16.8.2. 27 16.3.5 Professional improvement, such as: registration for courses 28 in recognized educational institutions, the taking of graduate or other examinations 29 or tests that could not be taken at other times, etc. This provision does not include 30 attendance at classes or lectures that are available at other times which would not 31 conflict with the unit member's obligations to the District.
Leave for Personal Necessity. 1. In addition to the sick leave provisions above, up to ten (10) days of the ten (10) days of annual accrued leave of absence for illness or injury may be used annually by the employee, in case of personal necessity. No such accumulated leave of absence in excess of ten
Leave for Personal Necessity. A unit member may claim and 8 deduct up to eight (8) days per year from his/her accumulated sick leave for 10 responsibility to track their usage of personal necessity leave. The charging of 11 such absences shall be subject to the notification of his/her immediate supervisor, 12 and such notification should be obtained in advance when possible. Absences 13 which may be charged to accumulated sick leave under this section include, but 14 are not limited to, the following categories:
Leave for Personal Necessity. 10.1 Personal necessity leave up to seven (7) days annually may be granted. Days granted are to be deducted from sick leave as provided in Education Code Section 44981. For purposes of proof of personal necessity and in accordance with the Education Code, the employee would provide information regarding the general nature of the personal necessity to his/her immediate supervisor. See Appendix C for applicable definitions of immediate family. Such leave shall be requested in advance except for:
A. Death or serious illness of a member of the immediate family.
B. Accident, involving employee's person or property, or the person or property of a member of the immediate family.
C. One (1) day for bereavement involving other than immediate family members specified in Bereavement Leave Article XII. However, exceptions may be made by the Superintendent or designee to extend the number of days due to special circumstances.
10.2 No such accumulated leave in excess of seven (7) days plus, six (6) days per Labor Code Section 233 as defined in 10.2.1, may be used in any school year with the following exception: If an employee is out of personal necessity leave and/or sick leave for the current year, differential pay rather than a full day’s pay will be deducted in the case of illness or injury to an immediate family member and verified by a physician for a maximum of four (4) days per school year.
10.2.1 Labor Code Section 233 permits an employee to use in any calendar year the employee’s accrued and available sick leave to attend to the illness of a child, parent, spouse, or domestic partner of the employee. The maximum leave an employee may use for this purpose is the amount of leave the employee accrues in a six-month period.
10.3 Two days from the total of seven (7) days of personal leave noted in Section 10.1 may be used for compelling personal leave.
10.4 Three (3) days from the total seven (7) days of personal leave noted in 10.1 may be used for leave in accordance to the provisions currently specified under Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 and is subject to change based on potential clean-up legislation.
10.5 All Personal Leave shall not be allowed if it results in the extension of a holiday, vacation period, or school break (exceptions may be made by the Superintendent or designee due to special circumstances), for personal convenience or recreational activities, or other normal minor matters which can be dealt with outside the workday.
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Leave for Personal Necessity. 1. In addition to the sick leave provisions above, up to ten (10) days of the ten (10) days of annual accrued leave of absence for illness or injury may be used annually by the employee, in case of personal necessity. No such accumulated leave of absence in excess of ten (10) days may be used in any school year for the purposes enumerated in this section. The section does not entitle any employee to any additional leave.
2. For purposes of this Section, personal necessity means significant lifecycle events of the member or his/her immediate family (such as weddings, graduations, divorces, paternity, births, or a child’s school event); family emergencies which endanger the safety or health of the immediate family; religious holiday observances; illness of members of the immediate family; damage or serious threat to employee’s property or the property of members of the immediate family. These days may not be taken for vacation, for alternative employment, or concerted activities against the District. Based on reasonable suspicion, the District has the power and duty to review the stipulations of bona fide need for personal
Leave for Personal Necessity. An employee shall be entitled to receive up to two, three-hour periods, and two Personal Days (one personal day is either ten (10) or fourteen (14) hour period), with pay each calendar year. Such personal leave period will not be charged to any other leave benefit. The employee shall notify or cause the Fire Chief or their designee to be notified as soon as possible of their request for the personal period. Bargaining unit members may carry over unused personal leave from one year to the next only under the following circumstances: if a bargaining unit member (1) is called into active military, or (2) is out on injured-on-duty status for six (6) months or more during a calendar year, and in either case does not return to work before December 1st of said calendar year, then that bargaining unit member may carry over their personal leave to the following calendar year, but under no circumstances can more than two
Leave for Personal Necessity. A unit member may claim and 5 deduct up to eight (8) days per year from his/her accumulated sick leave for 7 responsibility to track their usage of personal necessity leave. The charging of 8 such absences shall be subject to the notification of his/her immediate supervisor, 9 and such notification should be obtained in advance when possible. Absences 10 which may be charged to accumulated sick leave under this section include, but 11 are not limited to, the following categories:
12 16.3.1 Death of a member of his/her immediate family when 13 additional leave is required beyond that provided for in other sections of this 14 Agreement.
15 16.3.2 Death of a relative outside the immediate family or of a close 16 friend.
17 16.3.3 Accident involving his/her person or property, or the person or 18 property of his/her immediate family.
19 16.3.4 Appearance in court as a litigant, as a witness, or other 20 absence required under official government order or direction, except as outlined 21 in 16.8.2.
22 16.3.5 Professional improvement, such as: registration for courses 23 in recognized educational institutions, the taking of graduate or other examinations 24 or tests that could not be taken at other times, etc. This provision does not include 25 attendance at classes or lectures that are available at other times which would not 26 conflict with the unit member's obligations to the District.
27 16.3.6 Business transactions of an emergency nature. Such 28 transactions must require the presence of the unit member and could not be dealt 29 with during off-duty hours.
30 16.3.7 Unforeseen family responsibilities of a critical or urgent 31 nature. Absences of this type would include, but not be limited to: illness of the 32 immediate family, problems related to property, or necessary appearance of self 33 or member of the immediate family in court or other governmental agency, but not 34 under court order or official government order or direction.
1 16.3.8 Acceptance of an honor, such as a diploma, degree, or special 2 award from a recognized educational institution or government agency for self or 3 immediate family member.
4 16.3.9 Attendance at weddings of immediate family member or self; 5 or observation of a recognized religious holiday of a unit member’s faith.
6 16.3.10 The District Personal Necessity Leave form shall be used to 7 request or verify use of this Article by the unit member. This form shall state the 8 foregoing categories in the contract format. Th...
