Personal Business Leave Days. A maximum of three (3) days in any one fiscal year may be taken for personal business without loss of pay. Personal business leave days are provided for legitimate business and/or family obligations which can only be met during the regularly scheduled work day. Personal business leave days shall be granted upon notification to the immediate supervisor, provided that the employee has made a good faith effort to notify the supervisor as soon as the obligation is known. New employees, upon completion of probation may use only one-and-one-half (1-1/2) personal business leave days in that fiscal year of employment. Effective July 1st of the next fiscal year, the employee shall be credited with three (3) personal business leave days. Part-time employees, see Appendix C, Definition of Terms.
Personal Business Leave Days. 1. Personal Business is an absence necessitated by circumstances that are of a personal nature to the employee and cannot be attended to outside the normal working day. Personal Business days shall be approved without substantiation or explanation except for the periods of time delineated on the "Request for Personal Business Leave" form. Due to the difficulty of securing substitutes on Fridays, employees are encouraged to plan for prearranged Personal Business days on days other than Friday. Employees may be contacted to request a rescheduling of Personal Business days contingent upon substitute availability.
2. All employees covered by this Agreement earn two (2) days off per work year, with pay, for the purpose of attending to personal business. Personal Business days can accumulate to four (4) days. Any in excess of four (4) will transfer to accumulated sick leave. A person employed during the period from February 1 through the end of the employee’s work year shall be granted only one (1) day for that period. A person employed less than one full work year or on a part-time basis shall have the days prorated, based upon their percentage of time employed.
3. The day(s) must be requested by presenting the "Request for Personal Business Leave" form (Appendix D) to the building principal. The leave may be of such a nature that a request in writing ahead of time is not practical. In this event, the building principal should be contacted by telephone prior to the absence and the request shall be put in writing after return.
4. It is the district's intent that Personal Business Days are appropriate and typical of the following obligations, although these are not all inclusive: court appearances, scheduled medical examinations, religious holidays, college graduation exercises, real estate transactions, honors convocations honoring the employee or members of his or her immediate family, legal or financial matters, moving, registration at a university, marriage, and other personal matters of a business nature. Personal Business Days may not be used for vacation or hunting.
5. One emergency day per year will be granted or allowed to be used in two-hour increments. This day is deductible from sick leave.
6. Personal Business days shall not be used in increments that exceed the workday being covered by the leave provision (i.e. employees cannot earn more in leave than they earn while on the job).
Personal Business Leave Days. 1. Personal Business is an absence necessitated by circumstances that are of a personal nature to the employee and cannot be attended to outside the normal working day. Personal Business days shall be approved without substantiation or explanation except for the periods of time delineated on the "Request for Personal Business Leave" form. Due to the difficulty of securing substitutes on Fridays, employees are encouraged to plan for prearranged Personal Business days on days other than Friday. Employees may be contacted to request a rescheduling of Personal Business days contingent upon substitute availability.
2. All employees covered by this Agreement earn two (2) days off per work year, with pay, for the purpose of attending to personal business. Personal Business days can accumulate to four
Personal Business Leave Days. Licensed staff may have three (3) Personal Business Leave days per year (part-timers will be prorated) that are deducted from yearly sick leave benefits. Personal Business Leave shall be defined as a matter that can be attended to only during the regular school day. (Examples: legal matters, legitimate business, unique family matters, funerals not covered by bereavement leave, etc.) All Personal Business Leave shall be arranged at least three (3) school days in advance with the Superintendent or his/her designee, except in cases of emergency. Personal Business Leave will not generally be granted on days prior to or following vacation periods, holidays, during the first or last five (5) days of the school term or on licensed staff institute days except in cases of emergency. If personal leave is denied by an administrator other than the Superintendent, licensed staff may appeal to the Superintendent for reconsideration. Final approval of the use of Personal Business Leave shall be at the sole discretion of the Superintendent. In an emergency situation, the notice requirements set forth above shall not apply. In such emergency situations, licensed Staff shall as soon as practicable, notify building administration as to the reason they are requesting use of an emergency personal business day(s). Administration shall be responsible for entering the emergency business leave day(s) in the Absence Management system. The Board and the Association shall cooperate annually in informing licensed staff as to the use of Personal Business Leave. Personal Business Leave shall not be used for license renewal activities.
Personal Business Leave Days. At the Board's discretion and approval, the Superintendent may be granted up to three personal leave days with pay per contract year. Unused personal leave days are not deductible from accumulated Personal/Family Illness paid leave days and do not accumulate beyond the contract year.
Personal Business Leave Days. Three (3) days to be used for personal business, prorated for employees who work less than a full year. An employee shall notify his/her principal/supervisor at least one (1) day in advance for personal leave days, except in cases of emergency. Two (2) unused personal business days may be carried to the following year, not to exceed five (5).
a. Personal leave days shall not be used for the following purposes:
1) Picketing or demonstrating of any sort.
2) An absence on the first or last day of any school year.
3) For an absence on any two (2) days immediately prior to or following a holiday, break, or school vacation in the same week as the holiday, break, etc.
4) For an absence on any record day.
Personal Business Leave Days. All bargaining unit members may use up to five (5) days per year from their personal illness bank to be absent with pay for the purpose of conducting personal business.
Personal Business Leave Days. Each teacher shall be allowed two (2) personal leave days each school year. Each teacher shall also be allowed two (2) business leave days as defined in Article IX.
Personal Business Leave Days. Four (4) days to be used for personal business, prorated for employees who work less than a full year. An employee shall notify his/her principal/supervisor at least one (1) day in advance for personal leave days, except in cases of emergency. Two (2) unused personal business days may be carried to the following year, not to exceed six (6).
a. Personal leave days shall not be used for the following purposes:
1. Picketing or demonstrating of any sort,
2. An absence on the first or last day of any school year,
3. For an absence on any two (2) days immediately prior to or following a holiday, break, or school vacation in the same week as the holiday, etc.,
4. For an absence on any record day. NOTE: The Superintendent may grant exceptions to the above restrictions.
b. Additional personal leave days may be granted upon approval of the Superintendent to employees who have been in the system more than five (5) years. Said days are deducted from the employee’s accumulated sick leave. In addition, the Board shall deduct from the salary of the employee, the per diem substitute pay for each said day.
c. If more than five percent (5%) of employees apply for personal leave on any given day or days, the first five percent (5%) of applications will be approved.
Personal Business Leave Days. Teachers shall have personal business days granted per year, as per the chart in ARTICLE X.
