Observance of Religious Holidays. The observance of religious holidays will be permitted and provision made for time necessary to attend religious services.
Observance of Religious Holidays. The unit member shall not be required to secure advance permission for use of personal leave.
Observance of Religious Holidays. A teacher may use two (2) sick leave days per school year for observance of two (2) religious holidays, subject to the procedures and criteria for requesting personal business leave.
Observance of Religious Holidays. Personal necessities including family related matters that occur during the workday or professional growth to attend conferences, travel/study programs, or other professional activities. A unit member may not use more than five (5) days per year of sick leave for this purpose.
Observance of Religious Holidays. The observance of religious holidays will be permitted and provision made for time necessary to attend religious services. The Union will provide the Employer with a list of such days. (See Appendix "B".)
Observance of Religious Holidays. A. To the extent that such modifications in work schedules do not interfere with the accomplishment of the Agency’s mission, an employee whose personal beliefs require that the employee abstain from work at certain times of the workday or workweek must be permitted to work alternative work hours so that the employee can meet the employee’s religious obligations. The hours worked in lieu of the em- ployee’s normal work schedule do not create any entitlement to premium pay (including overtime).
B. Employees must submit a written request in advance. They must specify that the employee’s request is being made for religious purposes and should provide acceptable documentation of the need to abstain from work.
C. When deciding whether an employee’s request should be approved, a supervisor should not make any judgment about the employee’s religious beliefs or the em- ployee’s religious affiliation. A supervisor may disapprove the employee’s request only when it would interfere with the Agency’s mission.
D. If the request is approved, a supervisor may determine whether the alternative work hours will be scheduled before or after the religious observance. If an em- ployee is absent when the employee is scheduled to perform work to make up for
Observance of Religious Holidays. Employees desiring to observe major religious holidays of their respective faiths shall deliver their written request for leave to participate in such observances to the President/CEO or her delegatee at least one (1) week before each major religious holiday.
Observance of Religious Holidays. The parties agree that the Employer will consider requests to exchange paid holidays for other days off in observance of religious holidays. Request to use an alternate stat day must be made in writing 7 days prior to the stat holiday. The Employer will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate the request and will respond at least 14 days prior to the requested religious holiday. In the event there are more applicants than can be accommodated, seniority will be the deciding factor. Requests for religious holidays will take precedence over other banked time requests. Time limits for use of banked time as set out in Article 13:02 will not apply to these religious holiday requests. DATED AT KITCHENER this 20th day of June 2011 For the Employer: For the Union: Agreed to renew DATED AT KITCHENER this 30th day of May, 2014 For the Union For the Employer Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx BETWEEN:
Observance of Religious Holidays. Leave Days for religious observance are deducted from Leave Day accumulations, and may not be claimed for payment at the end of the year or at time of retirement. They do not, however, jeopardize achieving the eligibility standards for the • retirement stipend that is based on attendance (see Item 6.J.1.). • Personal business is a transaction or event of immediate or pressing importance which cannot be rescheduled because of significant involvement of the individual applying for leave and other professional parties or institutions, including but not limited to: acceptable business transactions, house/property closings, legal litigation, court appearance, sensitive personal matters, divorce proceedings, personal emergencies, traffic accidents, special events, graduation ceremonies for self or immediate family. • Adoption leave not to exceed a maximum of 10 consecutive days. • Paternity leave not to exceed a maximum of 10 consecutive days. (Additional adoption or paternity leave days may be taken for extenuating circumstances only upon written request to, and written approval by the District Superintendent.) • Maternity leave limited to the time allowed as approved by a qualified medical doctor.
Observance of Religious Holidays. Any student shall be excused if his/her absence was for the purpose of observing a religious holiday consistent with his/her truly held beliefs and the parent or guardian has notified the school in writing at least forty-eight (48) hours prior, (i.e. two business days), to the absence.
