Medical Leave of Absence. Where you have a medical leave of absence due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six months, and you have not returned to employment with the Company or an Affiliate, a Separation from Service has occurred on the earlier of: (A) the first day on which you would not be considered “disabled” under any disability policy of the Company or Affiliate under which you are then receiving a benefit; or (B) the first day on which your medical leave of absence period exceeds 29 months.
Medical Leave of Absence. 1. An employee may be granted up to one (1) year leave of absence, without pay, due to personal or immediate family illness. Immediate family shall be defined as: father, moth- er, husband, wife, son/daughter in laws, members of blend- ed families or other persons in a similar relationship to the family household. Employees who have exhausted their accumulated sick days and who have applied for and received an extended unpaid sick leave or qualify to receive Long Term Disability shall be carried under the insurance plan for one (1) year. Employees who have available sick days and are on an approved medical leave and do not qualify for Long Term Disability will have health insurance coverage for one (1) year from the date that the employee’s sick leave days are exhausted. Employees who qualify for Long Term Disability will have health insurance coverage for one (1) year from the date that the Long Term Disability begins. Under this provision, upon return to work, the employee must complete one (1) full year of service (according to each employee’s individual contract (42 weeks, 44 weeks, etc.) before the employee would be eligible for the year coverage of health insurance while on a leave. This requirement does not preclude the employee from using his/ her accumulated leave days (sick or personal) and/or vacation and holiday time.
2. Written application for a medical leave shall be made by the employee to the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources.
3. An employee returning from a leave of absence due to per- xxxxx illness, with a physician's statement, shall be placed according to the Obligation List in a classification as close as possible to the one held when leave began. If the physi- cian recommends a lighter work load, every effort shall be made by the Director to place the employee in a classifica- tion in which he/she is capable of performing. The District reserves the right to have an employee examined by his/ her own physician before his/her return to work. This shall be at the expense of the Board of Education. In some cases, the services of a mutually agreed upon third physician may have to be secured.
4. If the leave granted is not sufficient for recovery, the em- ployee may request a further leave of absence.
5. Maximum leave shall not exceed two (2) years unless the employee is covered by long term disability.
6. An employee's leave of absence cannot be rescinded un- less it can be proven that such employee has not adhered to the terms or...
Medical Leave of Absence. An employee who, because of illness or injury, has exhausted all sick leave benefits may be granted a medical LEAVE OF ABSENCE without pay. The seniority status of an employee who is granted a medical LEAVE OF ABSENCE shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Article herein titled "Seniority/Layoff." An employee requesting a medical LEAVE OF ABSENCE without pay shall be required to furnish conclusive evidence of disability to the EMPLOYER, specifically the Leave and Accommodation Management (XXX)
Medical Leave of Absence. (i) Definition - A medical leave of absence of up to one (1) year may be granted to employees with regular status who suffer from catastrophic illness or serious mental illness. Such leave of absence will be granted only after FMLA, CFRA and/or PDL have been exhausted. The employee is responsible for providing documentation from a qualified health practitioner prior to approval. CONFIRE retains the right to request medical documentation regarding the employee’s continued incapacity to return to work. The employee will be removed from his/her position so that the department may fill behind the employee. All leave benefits shall be administered as if the employee has been terminated; retirement contributions shall remain in the system and cannot be requested for distribution until the expiration of the leave. The employee shall be eligible to purchase medical benefits pursuant to the federal Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA). Upon the employee’s ability to return to work or the expiration of the leave of absence, whichever comes first, the employee will have the right to return to the classification within the department from which he/she took a leave of absence when a funded vacancy for which the employee meets the qualifications is available. If the employee does not return to the work by the expiration of date of the leave, or the soonest date after that for which the department has a vacancy (but in no event later than (90) days following the expiration of the medical leave of absence), the employee relinquishes the right to return. The employee will serve a new probationary period with no right to return to former classification.
(ii) Upon return from a medical leave of absence, the employee shall retain hire date for purposes of leave accruals and step advances; except that the hire date will be advanced for the period of time the employee is on the medical leave of absences.
Medical Leave of Absence. A. A medical leave of absence for an employee’s own medical condition not to exceed six
Medical Leave of Absence. An Employee who is unable to work as specified in Article XVIII, Section 18.031 may request, and may be granted by the College, a medical leave of absence without pay and benefits for a specified period of time not to exceed one year after the exhaustion of all sick leave.
Medical Leave of Absence. Employees may be granted, by the Employer, extended leaves of absence without pay, not to exceed one (1) year beyond the accumulation of paid sick leave, for valid medical reasons, such as extended illness, accident or pregnancy. Such leaves will be handled as set forth in this Agreement and the State of Washington Family and Medical Leave Act and the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
A. An employee on leave of absence without pay for six (6) months or less shall be returned to their former position at the prevailing salary rate without any loss of seniority.
B. An employee on leave without pay beyond six (6) months but less than one (1) year may be returned to the first available job which the employee is qualified to perform, at no less than their former rate of pay, including all intervening contractual adjustments. The seniority status of the affected employee shall be adjusted on a day-to-day basis to reflect the actual period of leave without pay in excess of six (6) months.
Medical Leave of Absence. Employees who have completed at least one (1) year of service to the Timberlane Regional School District and who work at least twenty-five (25) hours per week during the academic year are eligible to receive a medical leave of absence for the extended illness of the employee, or of the employee's spouse, children, mother, father or such individual for whom the employee has primary care and responsibility, for a period of up to six (6) weeks in a year. During the period of such medical leave of absence, the employee shall concurrently utilize all other leaves which are available to the employee.2 The medical leave of absence shall be unpaid, but the employee will receive pay from any concurrent paid leaves. The District will pay its share of insurance, if any, during the medical leave of absence, provided the employee also pays his/her share of insurance. An employee shall submit the District’s forms for a medical leave of absence, which are similar to the District’s forms for FMLA leave. For purposes of this provision and calculating the use of six (6) weeks of medical leave of absence in a “year”, year is defined as a July 1–June 30.
Medical Leave of Absence. Upon written application to the City, leaves of absence or renewals thereof without pay including those of thirty (30) days or more, shall be granted to each fulltime employee who is absent from work and unable to work because of a medically diagnosable, not duty related sickness, injury, or disability, provided, however, that the employee submits to the City such medical evidence of the cause and duration of the absence, the employee’s inability to work, and the employee’s ability to resume employment as the City may request. The City reserves the right to refer an employee to a doctor of its choice to obtain information concerning a period of absence. The initial leave of absence, which under certain extenuating circumstances, may be requested orally but then must be reduced to writing, shall be for an initial period of five (5) days and shall not exceed thirty (30) calendar days and any renewal must be requested in writing prior to the expiration of the leave then in effect. The duration of each leave of absence and any renewals thereof shall be specifically stated in the request and in the granting of the leave. No leaves will be granted for a total or continuous period or periods which exceed twenty- six (26) weeks, in any one continuous twelve (12) month period. Failure of an employee to report for work at the time at which the employee is regularly scheduled to report at the conclusion of the approved leave period will result in termination of employment. The employee may elect to apply any earned but unused vacation or paid sick leave time toward a leave of absence for medical purposes. Moreover, a leave of absence without pay for medical purposes means that time previously worked for the City is not lost in computation of length of service and the benefits dependent thereon. However, time spent while on such a leave will not be credited toward any calculation of any applicable paid vacation or sick leave time. An employee on said medical leave also will not be eligible for any holiday falling within this medical leave without pay period.
Medical Leave of Absence. 1. An employee who is unable to report to work due to personal illness or injury supported by medical evidence that the employee is unable to perform usual and customary duties or an illness in the immediate family supported by medical evidence and who has exhausted his/her accumulated sick leave shall be granted unpaid medical leave of absence for the duration of the illness, but not to exceed eighteen (18) months upon proper application. Such application shall be made in writing, shall include a physician's certificate indicating both the necessity for such leave and the anticipated duration required, and shall be made no less than ten (10) days prior to the exhaustion of leave, if possible. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, during said leave an employee shall not accrue any of the following: advancement of a step on the wage schedule, advancement toward longevity and/or severance pay, advancement in seniority. Employees opting for a medical leave of absence are not entitled to Board paid health care coverage or other benefits during their absence.
2. Such leave shall commence on the day accumulated sick leave is exhausted and the employee has no earnings due.
3. If at the expiration of the eighteen (18) month medical leave the employee is still unable to report to work, the employee may request an additional six (6) months of unpaid leave. Such request shall include a physician's certificate indicating both the necessity for the extension and the anticipated duration.
4. If, at the expiration of the eighteen (18) month leave of absence or six (6) month extension thereof, the employee is still unable to report to work the employee shall apply for disability retirement with the School Employees Retirement System, or applies and is ruled ineligible, or is otherwise denied disability retirement, failure to return at the end of the eighteen (18) month leave of absence or renewal thereof shall be deemed a resignation from employment.
5. Employees returning from unpaid medical leaves shall present a physician's certificate verifying that the employee is capable of performing his/her regular duties. Any employee who has been on medical leave of absence may be required to submit to and satisfactorily pass a physical examination before being permitted to return to work. In the event of a difference of opinion, as to the employee’s physical status, between the employee's physician and the Board's physician, the employee shall be referred to a...
