Long Term Unpaid Leave of Absence. A. Upon written request, the Board may grant an unpaid leave of absence for a period of not more than two (2) years (one year at a time) for educational or professional or other purposes and shall grant such leaves where illness or other disability is the reason for the request.
B. Upon the return of the employee from such a leave, the Board may discontinue the temporary employment of the person hired for the purpose of replacing the returning employee.
C. If, after the return of the employee from leave, the person employed for the purpose of replacing that employee on leave is continued in employment as a regular employee or if he/she is hired by the Board as a regular employee within a year after his/her employment as a replacement, he/she shall receive credit for his/her length of service with the Board during such replacement period.
Long Term Unpaid Leave of Absence. A long term leave of absence of greater than two (2) weeks and up to one (1) year in length, may be granted by the Associate Director, Organizational Support Services or designate, upon written request of an Employee, subject to the following provisions:
(a) The request shall be received two (2) months prior to the date on which the leave is to begin;
(b) Subject to Article L18 (Layoffs and Recall), the leave shall not change the Employee’s ongoing entitlement to hours of work per week or affect the Employee’s placement on the Seniority list;
(c) An Employee may request an extension of up to one (1) year provided the request is received two (2) months prior to the effective date of the extension;
(d) The maximum duration of each long term leave and extension shall be two (2) years.
Long Term Unpaid Leave of Absence. An Occasional Teacher who has been employed by the Board for one year or more and who has successfully completed the probationary period may request a leave of absence without pay for a maximum period of up to one (1) school year. The Superintendent of Education – People and Culture or designate shall not approve any requests for extension that result in the leave extending beyond one (1) year Requests for leaves must be made in writing to the Superintendent of Education – People and Culture or designate. Requests for leaves should be submitted two weeks prior to the anticipated start date of the leave, unless an Occasional Teacher has made every reasonable effort and was unable to do so. An Occasional Teacher shall not be granted a long term leave of absence in two consecutive school years, unless otherwise authorized by the Superintendent of Education – People and Culture or designate. An Occasional Teacher shall be returned to active status on the Occasional Teacher Roster on completion of the leave, provided he/she remains in good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers and meets the Board’s requirements to provide an Offence Declaration or satisfactory Criminal Background Check.
Long Term Unpaid Leave of Absence. A Long-Term Unpaid Leave of Absence shall be for a period of one semester or more.
Long Term Unpaid Leave of Absence. An employee who has completed three (3) years’ Permanent employment with the Board may be granted an unpaid leave of one full year. Application of the Unpaid Leave shall be done through the Executive Officer of Human Resources or designate. Extension beyond two years may not be granted. Requests for, including the reason for requesting the leave, should be submitted, in writing, to the Manager of Human Resources prior to April 15th in the year prior to the school year in which the leave will begin. Requests received after this date due to extenuating circumstances will be considered on an individual basis. Upon being granted the leave, the employee will sign a statement indicating acceptance of terms and conditions of the leave. An employee granted an unpaid leave shall be given the opportunity to continue participation in the benefit plans held prior to the leave, provided the employee pays the monthly costs of the premium for the leave period, as arranged between the employee and the Board. Upon return from the leave the employee shall be placed in the position/work location held prior to the commencement of the leave if it is still available, or if it is not, shall follow the Layoff and Recall procedures as outlined in the agreement. Seniority shall not be interrupted. In the year of a leave of absence the member shall notify the Board by April 1st, in writing, confirming the Member’s intention to return the following year. The one (1) year vacancy will be replaced by a Long Term Occasional Educational Assistant.
Long Term Unpaid Leave of Absence. 1. The Board or superintendent may grant any employee, with a minimum of one year of service, an unpaid leave of absence of up to one year for parental leave, family need, study, or travel. Such requests for study or travel must be submitted in writing no later than 60 days prior to the start of leave; requests for other leaves must be submitted at least 30 days in advance, except in emergencies.
2. Employees will notify the District in writing of intent to return no later than 60 days prior to the scheduled date of return (90 days for study or travel leaves). Employees who wish to terminate their leaves before the scheduled date of return may inform the District in writing and the District will attempt to place them in the first available position.
3. Upon return from leave, the employee shall be placed in the same or a comparable position in the same pay classification. If no such vacancy exists, then the employee will be placed in another vacant position at the same rate of pay.
Long Term Unpaid Leave of Absence. The District, at its sole discretion, may grant non-medical long-term leave of absence of up to one (1) year. The employee may apply at least sixty (60) days prior to the start of such leave, except in the case of emergencies, and will return on the mutually-agreed-upon return date unless the leave is extended in writing by the District. A replacement employee will be employed on a temporary contract and will have no rights to recall. Persons on unpaid leaves will accumulate seniority for the period of leave.
Long Term Unpaid Leave of Absence. Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Board may grant a teacher a leave of absence without pay for illness, maternity, adoption, child care, disability, educational or professional purposes, or such other leaves as may be deemed appropriate by the Superintendent. Written requests for long term unpaid leaves of absence should be made at least three (3) months before the leave is desired. The Three (3) month notice provision may be waived by the Board.
Long Term Unpaid Leave of Absence. A Long-Term Unpaid Leave of Absence shall be for a period exceeding one semester. A teacher holding a contract with the County District School Board, at the discretion of the Director Education or may be granted an unpaid leave absence for reasons mutually agreed upon between the applicant and the Board, without pay and without accumulation of sick leave credits. The application for a long-term unpaid leave of absence must be submitted the Superintendent of Human Resource Services: by February for leaves starting the following September and by October for leaves starting at the beginning Semester of that school year. at the earliest date possible for Leaves commencing at other times. Teachers wishing to retain the employee benefits coverage must assume the full cost of the fringe benefits plan during the leave of absence. Arrangements for payment be made prior to commencing the leave. expiration of a long-term unpaid leave of absence, which did not exceed two years, the teacher will be assigned the original position (including position of responsibility) in the original school subject to the Placement, Transfers and Redundancy provisions. In the event that a teacher is granted, a long-term unpaid leave absence, which two years, upon expiration of the leave the teacher will be, assigned a position in the county subject to the Seniority, Placement, Transfers and Redundancy provisions. A teacher on a long-tern unpaid leave of absence give notice, In writing, the Superintendent of Human Resource Services of intention return to work, or apply for another long-term unpaid of absence subject to the approval of the superintendentof Human Resource Services. by February of the year of leave for return or renewal in September of the following school year, or by October for or renewal at the beginning of the second semester. In the case of unforeseen a teacher may be granted a return from unpaid leave by giving two (2) weeks notice, in writing, to the Supetintendent of Human Resource Services. Such requests will be considered if vacancies in accordance with their qualifications. Upon reassignment, the seniority and the accumulated sick days obtained before the leave was commenced will be reinstated. Teachers on long-term Unpaid Leaves of Absence are required to maintain good standing status with the Ontario College of Teachers the period of the leave and will provide of good standing as well as a current declaration prior returning from the leave normal duties. The ap...