Common use of LEAVE RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Clause in Contracts

LEAVE RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. a. An employee, who has been employed by the District for at least three (3) calendar months, may request and shall be granted up to three (3) days of unpaid personal leave within a twelve (12) month period if he/she has been a victim of domestic violence or if a family or household member has been a victim of domestic violence. b. The leave must be used for one or more of the following purposes: 1. To seek an injunction for protection against domestic violence or for protection in cases of repeat violence, dating violence or sexual violence; 2. To obtain medical care and/or mental health counseling for the employee or a family or household member; 3. To obtain services from a victim-services organization; 4. To make the employee’s home secure from the perpetrator or to seek new housing; and/or 5. To seek legal assistance related to the violence. c. All records related to such leave will be considered confidential. d. This leave shall be noncumulative and shall be requested in advance except in the case of an emergency. e. If an employee elects to be on paid leave, he/she may request personal leave chargeable to sick leave provided that the employee is eligible to be on such leave or he/she may request annual (vacation) leave provided that the employee accrues annual leave and has an annual leave balance.

LEAVE RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. a. 1. An employee, who has been employed by the District for at least three (3) calendar months, may request and shall be granted up to three (3) days of unpaid personal leave within a twelve (12) month period if he/she has been a victim of domestic violence or if a family or household member has been a victim of domestic violence. b. 2. The leave must be used for one or more of the following purposes: 1. a. To seek an injunction for protection against domestic violence or for protection in cases of repeat violence, dating violence or sexual violence; 2. b. To obtain medical care and/or mental health counseling for the employee or a family or household member; 3. c. To obtain services from a victim-services organization; 4. d. To make the employee’s home secure from the perpetrator or to seek new housing; and/or 5. e. To seek legal assistance related to the violence. c. 3. All records related to such leave will be considered confidential. d. 4. This leave shall be noncumulative and shall be requested in advance except in the case of an emergency. e. 5. If an employee elects to be on paid leave, he/she may request personal leave chargeable to sick leave provided that the employee is eligible to be on such leave or he/she may request annual (vacation) leave provided that the employee accrues annual leave and has an annual leave balance.