Maternity/Paternity. The District shall grant sick leave for pregnancy, childbirth and related temporary disability to employees, to the extent the employee’s physician certifies the employee’s temporary disability. Employees requesting maternity leave shall notify the District as early as possible prior to the beginning of the leave and shall indicate the expected date of return at the time the leave is requested. Employees shall advise the District of the exact date of return as soon as that date is known to the employee.
Maternity/Paternity. The parties agree to abide by all state and federal laws applicable to leave for maternity/paternity, including the FMLA.
Maternity/Paternity. An employee who becomes pregnant or adopts will be granted and shall take a parental leave under the following conditions:
Maternity/Paternity. Adoptive Leave Upon written request, the Board shall grant a tenured teacher up to one (1) year maternity/paternity/adoptive leave of absence without pay or without loss of accrued sick leave, tenure, or seniority.
Maternity/Paternity. CHILD CARE/ADOPTION LEAVE:
36.01 An employee intending to use maternity leave shall notify the Employer in writing at least fifteen (15) weeks prior to the expected date of delivery.
36.02 An employee is entitled to maternity leave of up to seventeen (17) weeks without pay.
36.03 At the request of the employee, Maternity Leave shall commence at any time within eight (8) weeks prior to the delivery date.
36.04 Notwithstanding Article 36.03, when an employee is unable to perform her regular duties due to her pregnancy, the Employer will make every reasonable effort to relocate the employee to a position or job consistent with her capacity. The Employer will not displace any other employee from his position in order to effect this relocation. If the Employer is unable to relocate such employee, the Employer may direct such employee to proceed on maternity leave where in its opinion the interest of the Employer so requires.
36.05 Where at any time prior to commencement of her requested maternity leave the Employer directs an employee to proceed on leave in accordance with Article 36.04 hereof or an employee is advised to proceed on leave by her attending physician, the employee upon submission of a medical certificate, if requested by the Employer, may instead use accumulated sick leave credits until the date of commencement of her requested maternity leave.
36.06 An employee shall not be eligible for sick leave during the seventeen (17) consecutive week maternity leave period.
36.07 During the period of maternity leave of up to seventeen (17) weeks only, specified in Article 36.02 hereof:
(a) an employee continues to earn seniority and continuous service credits;
(b) where the employee participates in group insurance plans of the Employer, the employee and the Employer shall continue their contributions to premiums as required by and subject to the terms of such plans;
(c) an employee maintains but does not accrue sick leave or vacation leave / non-instructional time benefits for any calendar month in which she is on maternity leave for more than one-half (1/2) the number of working days in that month.
(d) the anniversary date shall not change.
36.08 After completion of one (1) year continuous employment, an employee who agrees to return to work for a period of at least six months and who provides the Employer with proof that she has applied for and is eligible to receive Employment Insurance benefits pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act, shall be eligibl...
Maternity/Paternity. 1. An employee shall notify the Superintendent of her pregnancy as soon as it is medically confirmed. An employee may request a maternity/paternity leave without pay and such leave shall be granted. The employee may elect the leave to become effective immediately or when he/she chooses, provided a pregnant employee has sought the advice of her physician. Maternity/paternity leave shall be for one year at the request of the employee. It may, however, be shortened or lengthened upon recommendation of the Superintendent and approval of the Board, to allow employees to return at the beginning of a school year.
2. An employee who is on a maternity leave shall be permitted to use her accumulated sick leave during the period one (1) month prior to delivery and one (1) month after delivery which shall be presumptively considered the period of medical disability.
Maternity/Paternity. 1. Any staff member may use sick leave or advancements thereof for absence due to or contributed to by pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, childbirth, and recovery therefrom (hereinafter collectively referred to as pregnancy). This sick leave may be used prior to the birth of child and for up to six (6) weeks following the actual birth of the child or by doctor's release, whichever is longer. Additional sick leave must be for the reasons listed in 3319.141 ORC. Assuming no further sick leave is needed, an employee may apply for up to six (6) workweeks of Family Medical Leave not to exceed a combination of 12 weeks (Reference: FMLA language), an unpaid maternity leave of absence may be requested. Maternity leave may be used in lieu of sick leave when any staff member has exhausted sick leave, or when the staff member has determined that a transfer from sick leave is necessary. A staff member who is pregnant or adopting a child less than one (1) year of age may request and shall be entitled to a leave of absence without pay for maternity or child care reasons to begin any time during pregnancy, or in the case of adoption the receipt of custody, or up to one (1) year for child care after the child is born or adopted. Such leave shall be for the remainder of the current semester or for the remainder of the school year and two (2) additional semesters.
Maternity/Paternity. 1. Natural birth. The Board shall grant maternity/paternity leave without pay to any employee upon request, subject to the following stipulations and limitations:
a. Maternity/Paternity leave shall commence on the date requested by the employee.
b. In accordance with law, District employees will only be presumed to be disabled for a period of thirty (30) calendar days prior to the birth of the employee’s child and thirty (30) calendar days after the birth of the employee’s child. During these two thirty (30) day periods of time, the request for the use of accumulated sick leave shall be granted by the Board without the need to produce any medical certification referring to the disability status of the affected employees. Employees will only be paid for their actual accumulated sick leave during these two thirty (30) day periods. The two thirty (30) day “presumption of disability” periods both prior to and after the birth of a child can be extended only if the employee’s physician refers to a medical reason for the extension of the affected employee’s disability status either before or after the birth of that employee’s child.
c. Any employee granted maternity/paternity leave shall, upon request, be restored to the position vacated, and where possible, at the discretion of the Administration, the same subject area and grade level vacated at the commencement of said leave unless the employee willingly accepts another position.
d. No employee shall be prevented from returning to work after childbirth solely on the ground that there has not been a time lapse between childbirth and the desired date of return.
e. The Board shall not remove any employee from her duties during her pregnancy unless the employee cannot produce a certificate from her physician stating that she is medically able to continue employment.
Maternity/Paternity. Adoption Leave - Staff will generally be granted maternity/paternity/adoption leave without pay for a period which generally may not exceed thirty (30) days in duration. (Maternity leave may be used if the staff member desires extended time after sick leave for pregnancy has expired.)
Maternity/Paternity. Any employee within the North Olmsted School System who is an expectant mother or father or adopting a child at his/her request will be granted a maternity/paternity leave without pay or increment subject to the conditions set forth below.
