Medical and Family Leave. A. The Board may approve request for unpaid leave for up to one (1) year due to illness, disability, accident and parental child rearing for the first year after birth/adoption. The Board shall comply with the “Family and Medical Leave Act” provided an application for such benefits is received with the request for leave and the employee qualifies for such leave. The employee will not be allowed to return to work or any paid or compensatory status during that up-to one-year of unpaid leave unless he or she agrees to terminate the leave period. Provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act provide for up to twelve (12) weeks of paid health benefits for some employees under certain conditions. B. The Board will comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. The Family and Medical Leave Act entitles an “eligible employee” to take up to a total of 12 work weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period for the birth of a child and to care for such child, for the placement of a child for adoption or xxxxxx care, to care for a spouse or an immediate family member with a serious health condition, or when he or she is unable to work because of a serious health condition. To be eligible for leave, an employee must have worked for the District for at least 12 months and for at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period preceding the commencement of the leave. Employee benefits, to include sick leave, shall not be diminished due to compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act. Sick Leave earned while on FMLA can only be used after employee returns to work. Family Medical Leave does include unpaid days taken under Parental/Maternity or Absence due to illness. 1) FMLA can be used in conjunction with paid sick leave after paid sick leave is exhausted. 2) FMLA can be used in conjunction with unpaid leave at the onset of the leave period. 3) FMLA can be used in conjunction with parental leave. This language should not be construed to prevent employees from current option of retaining paid leave days while utilizing parental leave.
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Medical and Family Leave. A. The Board may approve request for unpaid leave for up to one (1) year due to illness, disability, accident and parental child rearing for the first year after birth/adoption. The Board shall comply with the “Family and Medical Leave Act” provided an application for such benefits is received with the request for leave and the employee qualifies for such leave. The employee will not be allowed to return to work or any paid or compensatory status during that up-to one-year of unpaid leave unless he or she agrees to terminate the leave period. Provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act provide for up to twelve (12) weeks of paid health benefits for some employees under certain conditions.
B. The Board will comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. The Family and Medical Leave Act entitles an “eligible employee” to take up to a total of 12 work weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period for the birth of a child and to care for such child, for the placement of a child for adoption or xxxxxx care, to care for a spouse or an immediate family member with a serious health condition, or when he or she is unable to work because of a serious health condition. To be eligible for leave, an employee must have worked for the District for at least 12 months and for at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period preceding the commencement of the leave. Employee benefits, to include sick leave, shall not be diminished due to compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act. Sick Xxxx Leave earned while on FMLA can only be used after employee returns to work. Family Medical Leave does include unpaid days taken under Parental/Maternity or Absence due to illness.
1) FMLA can be used in conjunction with paid sick leave after paid sick leave is exhausted.
2) FMLA can be used in conjunction with unpaid leave at the onset of the leave period.
3) FMLA can be used in conjunction with parental leave. This language should not be construed to prevent employees from current option of retaining paid leave days while utilizing parental leave.
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Samples: Master Contract
Medical and Family Leave. A. The Board may approve request for unpaid leave for up to one (1) year due to illness, disability, accident and parental child rearing for the first year after birth/adoption. The Board shall comply with the “Family and Medical Leave Act” provided an application for such benefits is received with the request for leave and the employee qualifies for such leave. The employee will not be allowed to return to work or any paid or compensatory status during that up-to one-year of unpaid leave unless he or she agrees to terminate the leave period. Provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act provide for up to twelve (12) weeks of paid health benefits for some employees under certain conditions.
B. The Board will comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. The Family and Medical Leave Act entitles an “eligible employee” to take up to a total of 12 work weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period for the birth of a child and to care for such child, for the placement of a child for adoption or xxxxxx care, to care for a spouse or an immediate family member with a serious health condition, or when he or she is unable to work because of a serious health condition. To be eligible for leave, an employee must have worked for the District for at least 12 months and for at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period preceding the commencement of the leave. Employee benefits, to include sick leave, shall not be diminished due to compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act. Sick Xxxx Leave earned while on FMLA can only be used after employee returns to work. Family Medical Leave does include unpaid days taken under Parental/Maternity or Absence due to illness.
1) FMLA can be used in conjunction with paid sick leave after paid sick leave is exhausted.
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3) FMLA can be used in conjunction with parental leave. This language should not be construed to prevent employees from current option of retaining paid leave days while utilizing parental leave.
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Samples: Master Contract
Medical and Family Leave. A. a. The Board may approve request for unpaid leave for up to one (1) year due to illness, disability, accident and parental child rearing for the first year after birth/adoption. The Board shall comply with the “Family and Medical Leave Act” provided an application for such benefits is received with the request for leave and the employee qualifies for such leave. The employee will not be allowed to return to work or any paid or compensatory status during that up-to one-year of unpaid leave unless he or she agrees to terminate the leave period. Provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act provide for up to twelve (12) weeks of paid health benefits for some employees under certain conditions.
B. b. The Board will comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. The Family and Medical Leave Act entitles an “eligible employee” to take up to a total of 12 work weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period for the birth of a child and to care for such child, for the placement of a child for adoption or xxxxxx care, to care for a spouse or an immediate family member with a serious health condition, or when he or she is unable to work because of a serious health condition. To be eligible for leave, an employee must have worked for the District for at least 12 months and for at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period preceding the commencement of the leave. Employee benefits, to include sick leave, shall not be diminished due to compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act. Sick Leave earned while on FMLA can only be used after employee returns to work. Family Medical Leave does include unpaid days taken under Parental/Maternity or Absence absence due to illness.
1) FMLA can be used in conjunction with paid sick leave after paid sick leave is exhausted.
2) FMLA can be used in conjunction with unpaid leave at the onset of the leave period.
3) FMLA can be used in conjunction with parental leave. This language should not be construed to prevent employees from current option of retaining paid leave days while utilizing parental leave.
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Samples: Addendum to the Master Contract