Leave of Absence With Pay 1. A leave of absence with pay shall be granted to any employee who serves on a jury or as a witness for the federal government, the State of Nevada, or a political subdivision thereof. The employee shall be paid his/her regular salary while on court leave and retain any witness or jury duty fees, when summoned for jury duty or serving as a witness in any case. When an employee, serving in his/her official capacity as a County employee and as part of his/her required duties, serves as a witness in any case, he shall not receive witness fees. Per diem and transportation costs may be paid by the requesting jurisdiction, considering such variables as whether or not the case is a criminal or civil matter, whether it is in State or out-of-state, the length of time the employee is required to stay away from the job and who receives ultimate benefit from the County employee’s testimony. Court leave shall not be charged to any employee’s annual leave balance. 2. When it is impractical for a registered voter to vote before or after his/her normal working hours, an employee will be granted sufficient time to vote.
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Approved Leave of Absence With Pay During Vacation When an employee is qualified for bereavement leave, sick leave or any other approved leave with pay during her vacation period, there shall be no deduction from the vacation credits for such leave. In the case of sick leave, this section shall only apply when the period of illness or injury is in excess of two (2) days and a note from a physician may be required. The period of vacation so displaced shall be taken at a mutually agreed time. An employee intending to claim displaced vacation leave must advise the Employer and provide necessary documentation within seven (7) days of returning to work.
Leave of Absence Without Pay (a) Full or part-time leave of absence without pay may be granted at the discretion of the Employer. Faculty members may apply for job-sharing under the provision for part-time leave of absence. Applications shall be made in writing to the administrator responsible. All applications will be dealt with promptly and will not be unreasonably denied, nor dealt with in a discriminatory manner. The reply to an application for leave will be in writing. Except in the case of leaves for short-term emergencies of thirty (30) days or less, the Employer may, at its discretion, require that the length of a leave coincide with the beginning or end of a semester or term of instruction. (b) Where a leave is granted, the faculty member's performance evaluation shall be extended accordingly. (c) No salary increment is payable for a period of leave of absence without pay unless the University President, upon written request from the faculty member concerned, decides the leave is spent in the activities relevant to the University curriculum. In this case, the faculty member will receive any salary adjustments for which he/she would normally be eligible. In the event that the University President judges that the activities are not relevant to the University curriculum, he/she will advise the faculty member as to the reasons for his/her decision in writing before the leave commences. (d) No benefits shall be payable by the Employer for faculty members on leave without pay, except as provided in this Agreement. For faculty members on part- time leave without pay, benefit premiums shall be payable by the Employer on a pro rata basis. If a faculty member proceeding on leave without pay makes a prior payment to the Employer of both the faculty member's share and the Employer's share (pro- rated, if applicable) of any or all of the following benefits, the Employer shall remit these payments to ensure continuous coverage: Life Insurance, Medical Services Plan of BC, Extended Health, Dental, Short and Long Term Disability and AD&D. (e) For leaves of longer than four (4) months, the faculty member, no later than four
LEAVE OF ABSENCE Voluntary 11.01.01 When the requirements of the Company permit, an employee, upon written request through their immediate Supervisor, may be granted a voluntary leave of absence without pay for a period exceeding thirty (30) consecutive calendar days but not exceeding one (1) year. Requests for thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or less will be handled as time off in accordance with Article 14.06. 11.01.02 Requests for leaves of absence will be considered in order of seniority among those on hand from the location at the time of granting. 11.01.03 The Company will indicate its approval of the leave in writing, including commencement and termination dates, preferably fourteen (14) or more calendar days prior to the requested commencement date of the leave. Once approved, a leave may not be cancelled except by mutual agreement between the employee and the Company. 11.01.04 If the employee wishes to return to work prior to the approved termination of the leave, the employee will make the request to the designated management person. The request will be in writing at least fourteen (14) calendar days in advance of the requested termination date; in extenuating circumstances, the fourteen (14) day requirement may be waived. The Company will provide a response to the request within seven (7) calendar days of its receipt and may authorize a return to work on the date requested or another day mutually acceptable to both Company and employee, or the Company may deny the request. 11.01.05 When a leave of absence is terminated prior to the originally approved date, no other employee will be displaced. The Company will advise the employee in writing of its decision on the request to terminate the leave. 11.01.06 A leave of absence may be extended upon written request to the Company, copied to Union Headquarters, provided the request is received no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the termination of the leave of absence and provided there is mutual agreement between the Company and the Union Bargaining Committee Representative to extend the leave of absence. The Company will provide a response to the request within seven (7) calendar days of its receipt. 11.01.07 An employee who engages in other employment while on leave of absence will be deemed to have resigned unless they have specific permission to engage in such other employment from the Company. Such permission will not be refused unreasonably. 11.01.08 Pay progressions will be retarded by a period of time equal to the length of the leave of absence. 11.01.09 Employees on a voluntary leave of absence will have their vacation entitlement reduced in accordance with Article 15.02.02. 11.01.10 Seniority will continue to accrue during the first ninety (90) consecutive calendar days of the leave of absence. On termination of a leave of absence which extends beyond ninety (90) consecutive calendar days, the employee will be assigned an adjusted Seniority Date which will reflect that part of the leave of absence which exceeded ninety (90) consecutive calendar days. 11.01.11 If desired by the employee, benefits coverage will be provided with the employee paying the full cost of premiums. Such coverage will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Group Insurance Plan.
VACATION LEAVE WITH PAY 26.01 The vacation year shall be from April 1st to March 31st of the following calendar year, inclusive.
General Leave of Absence a) Leave of absence without pay may be granted to employees for valid reasons as set out by Company policy. b) An employee on general leave of absence shall not accumulate sick leave credits, or earn vacation but shall retain the seniority, sick leave credits, and vacation credits earned prior to commencing leave of absence. c) Employees do not have the option of continuing their benefit coverage during the leave. d) Employees on leave of absence shall be required to apply for any extension.
Return from Leave of Absence (a) Before a Nurse may return to work from a leave granted under Article 9.00, she or he must provide a minimum of four (4) weeks written notice of the specific date of his or her return to work, or such shorter time as mutually agreed. (b) Upon return from an approved Unpaid Leave of Absence, a Nurse shall be reinstated to her or his former position unless the position has been discontinued, in which case the Nurse shall be appointed to an equivalent position. (c) This clause requiring four (4) weeks written notice, does not apply to other leaves granted by an express provision of this Collective Agreement with different requirements for written notice.