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.
Maternity Leave (a) An employee shall have the right, upon written request, to leave of absence for pregnancy on the following basis:
(i) An employee shall be granted unpaid leave to a maximum of
(ii) The employee shall provide at least two (2) weeks’ notice prior to returning to work.
(iii) Upon return to work, the employee shall be placed in their former job, or another which is consistent with their classification, seniority, qualifications and former wage rate.
(iv) Upon return to work, a Regular employee and an employee on the "Part-time, Temporary, and Casual Seniority List" shall be credited with all seniority benefits based on calendar time to which they would have been entitled had the leave not taken place. Non- Regular employees who are not on the "Part-time, Temporary and Casual Seniority List" shall resume their hour accumulation and their one-hundred (100) day countdown on their return to work at the point where they left off.
(v) Upon return to work, an employee shall be credited with any wage increments to which they would have been entitled had the leave not taken place.
(vi) The District shall continue to provide coverage and pay its share of premiums for all the employee benefits to which the employee is entitled while on maternity leave.
(vii) When an employee gives birth before a request for maternity leave is made, maternity leave will be deemed to have started on the day of the birth.
(viii) A birth father shall be eligible for up to thirty-seven (37) consecutive weeks of unpaid leave beginning after the child’s birth and within fifty-two (52) weeks of the birth.
(ix) The District may require an employee to commence maternity leave where the employee can not reasonably perform their duties.
(x) Employees who meet the requirements for Sick Leave shall be eligible for the benefits of the Supplemental Unemployment Benefits Plan.
(b) A non-birthing employee shall receive three (3) paid days for the birth of their child or adoption of their child.
Donor Leave An employee shall be granted the necessary leave of absence with pay for the purpose of donating bone marrow or an organ.
Casual Leave (a) Employees may be granted casual leave with pay to a maximum of two (2) hours for the following purposes:
BEREAVEMENT/TANGIHANGA LEAVE 15.1 The employer shall approve special bereavement leave on pay for an employee to discharge any obligation and/or to pay respects to a deceased person with whom the employee has had a close association. Such obligations may exist because of blood or family ties or because of particular cultural requirements such as attendance at all or part of a Tangihanga (or its equivalent). The length of time off shall be at the discretion of the employer.
15.2 If bereavement occurs while an employee is absent on annual leave, sick leave on pay, or other special leave on pay, such leave may be interrupted and bereavement leave granted in terms of 15.1 above. This provision will not apply if the employee is on leave without pay.
15.3 In granting time off therefore, and for how long, the employer must administer these provisions in a culturally sensitive manner.
Paternity Leave 7.4.6(a) An employee will provide to the employer at least ten weeks prior to each proposed period of paternity leave, with:
