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For more information visit our privacy policy.Personal Leave Written request for a personal leave of absence without pay will be considered on an individual basis by the Hospital. Such requests are to be submitted to the employee's immediate supervisor at least four (4) weeks in advance, unless not reasonably possible to give such notice, and a written reply will be given within fourteen (14) days except in cases of emergency in which case a reply will be given as soon as possible. Employees needing personal leave days for appointments with medical practitioners may utilize the personal leave language. Such leave shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Personal Leave Days Section 1. All permanent full-time employees shall be eligible for four paid personal leave days per calendar year. One paid personal leave day shall be earned per calendar quarter, provided the employee has 150 hours (37.5 hour workweek) in an active pay status in each one-quarter calendar year. Section 2. Personal leave shall be scheduled and granted for periods of time requested by an employee subject to management's responsibility to maintain efficient operations. If the nature of the work makes it necessary to limit the number of employees on personal leave at the same time, the employee with the greatest seniority as it relates to total years of service with the Employer shall be given a choice of personal leave in the event of any conflict in selection. Section 3. Personal leave to which an employee may become entitled during the calendar year may be granted at the Employer's discretion before it is earned. An employee who is permitted to anticipate such leave and who subsequently terminates employment shall reimburse the Employer for those days of personal leave used but not earned. Section 4. Personal leave days shall be noncumulative from calendar year to calendar year. However, employees will be permitted to carry over personal leave days into the first seven pay periods of the next calendar year. Any days carried over in accordance with this Section which are not scheduled and used during the first seven pay periods of the next calendar year will be lost. Section 5. An employee who becomes ill while on personal leave will not be charged personal leave for the period of illness provided the employee furnishes satisfactory proof of such illness to the Employer upon return to work. Section 6. All permanent part-time employees shall receive personal leave days on a pro rata basis calculated to the nearest half day, provided the employee is in an active pay status a percentage of 150 hours (37.5 hour work week) equal to the percentage of hours normally worked in a bi-weekly pay period during the earning periods specified in Section 1 above. Leave entitlement under this Section shall be exclusive of "on call" time. Section 7. As soon as practically and legally possible, the Commonwealth will adopt a tax- qualified Leave Payout Plan. All employees who attain age 55 before or during the calendar year they separate from service after adoption of the Leave Payout Plan shall have the leave payouts otherwise payable for accumulated and unused annual leave, personal leave, compensatory leave, holiday leave, and sick leave, up to the maximum allowable by law, deposited in an account in the employee’s name, provided however that if the total amount of leave payout is $5000 or less, this amount shall be paid to the employee in cash. Amounts in excess of the maximum allowable amount will be paid to the employee in cash. In the event that any participant in this plan also participates in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Alternative Retirement Plan, contributions to this leave payout plan shall be allowed for any plan year only to the extent such contributions will not cause the limitations contained in Code Sections 402 (g), 414 (v), or 415 to be exceeded for the plan year when such contributions are aggregated with contributions made to the Alternative Retirement Plan on behalf of the participant. Section 8. For the purpose of this Article, the calendar year shall be defined as beginning with the employee's first full pay period commencing on or after January 1 and continuing through the end of the employee's pay period that includes December 31. For the purpose of this Article, the calendar quarters shall be defined as beginning with the first full pay period in January through March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through September 30, and October 1 through the last full pay period that includes December 31. For employees in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, the calendar quarters shall be defined as beginning with the first full pay period in January through the pay period that includes March 31, the first full pay period in April through the pay period that includes June 30, the first full pay period in July through the pay period that includes September 30, and the first full pay period in October through the pay period that includes December 31. Section 9. An employee's request for a personal leave day on the employee's birthday received in writing at least 45 calendar days prior to the employee's birthday shall be approved. An employee shall be allowed to anticipate the earning requirement in Section 1 above for a personal leave day used on the employee's birthday. If an employee's birthday falls on a day other than a regularly scheduled workday, the employee will be permitted to schedule a personal leave day in accordance with this Section either the work day immediately before or after the birthday. Section 10. Effective with the beginning of the 2018 leave calendar year and the incorporation of personal leave into annual leave, this Article shall expire. An additional personal day earned by an employee under the provisions of Article 8, Section 11.a. based on no sick leave usage during leave calendar year 2017 will be converted to an additional annual leave day at the beginning of the 2018 leave calendar year and thereafter be available for use in accordance this Article.
Personal Leave With Pay Full-time employees who are eligible to accrue sick leave may use up to a maximum of six days personal leave with pay per year provided that such days shall be charged against the employee's currently accrued sick leave. This leave is non-cumulative.
Extended Personal Leave Leave without pay for up to one (1) year may be granted to a teacher provided said teacher has been actively employed for five (5) continuous contract years preceding the granting of this leave and has not been granted an extended part-time leave within that period. Application for said leave shall include a statement indicating the purpose of the leave and shall be submitted, except in unusual circumstances, as determined by the District, thirty (30) days prior to the date the leave is to commence.
Unpaid Personal Leave Where an employee has exhausted all paid personal leave entitlements, they are entitled to take unpaid personal leave to care for members of their immediate family or household who are sick and require care and support or who require care due to an unexpected emergency. The employer and the employee shall agree on the period. In the absence of agreement, the employee is entitled to take up to two days (up to a maximum of 16 hours) of unpaid leave per occasion, provided the requirements of 7.2.5(a) and 7.2.5(b) are met.