Personal Necessity Leave A maximum of six (6) full days (or proportionate number of hours for less than full time) of the faculty member's sick leave time shall be granted each fiscal year for Personal Necessity Leave within the following provisions: a. Death of a member of immediate family, if Xxxxxxxxxxx Leave (see Section 4F) is exhausted. b. Accident involving the faculty member's person or property, or the person or property of a member of the employee’s immediate family. Such accident must be serious in nature, involve circumstances the faculty member cannot reasonably be expected to disregard, and require the attention of the faculty during the member’s assigned hours of service. c. Appearance of the faculty member in court as a litigant. The faculty member must return to work in cases where it is not necessary to be absent the entire day. d. An appearance of the faculty member as a witness under an official governmental order for which salary is not allowed under this Section, provided that each date of necessary attendance under such order, other than the date specified in a subpoena, shall be certified by the Clerk or other authorized officer of a court or other governmental jurisdictions; in any case in which a witness' fee is payable, such fee shall be collected by the faculty member and remitted to the District Business Office; and the faculty member must return to work in cases where it is not necessary to be absent the entire day. e. A serious illness of the faculty member's immediate family, which under the circumstances the faculty member cannot reasonably be expected to disregard and which requires the attention of the faculty member during assigned hours of service. Upon exhaustion of the faculty member's Personal Necessity Leave, the faculty member may use Sick Leave for this purpose. (Immediate family will include dependent children, spouse or domestic partner, elderly parents or grandparents. f. The birth of a child making it necessary for a faculty member who is a parent of the child to be absent from his/her position during assigned hours of service. g. Imminent danger to the home of a faculty member, occasioned by a factor such as flood or fire, which under the circumstances the faculty member cannot reasonably be expected to disregard and which requires the attention of the faculty member during assigned hours of service. h. Any other significant event of personal necessity to the faculty member, which does not disrupt the normal operation of the District and which, in the faculty member's reasonable judgment, cannot reasonably be disregarded. This personal necessity provision (h) shall not be used during a labor dispute. i. The faculty member using Personal Necessity Leave under this Section affirms that the circumstances that necessitated the leave qualify under the terms of this section.
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.
Maternity Leave A pregnant employee shall qualify for maternity leave: (a) Upon written request at least four weeks in advance of the leave the employee will be granted leave of absence without pay for a period of not more than 12 months. The request must be accompanied by a doctor's note indicating the expected date of birth. (b) The period of maternity leave without pay shall be from 11 weeks before the expected date of termination of the pregnancy. (c) The Employer shall, with the agreement of the employee, defer the commencement of maternity leave for any period approved in writing by a qualified medical practitioner. (d) Where an employee who is at work becomes ill or injured following the commencement of the 11 week period in (b) above, such illness or injury shall be covered by application of the sick leave provision as follows: (1) where the illness or injury is not directly related to the condition of pregnancy, sick leave coverage may extend to the scheduled date of commencement of maternity leave or birth of the baby, whichever occurs first; (2) where the illness is caused through an abnormal condition or pregnancy, as determined in writing by a qualified medical practitioner, and the employee returned to work before the scheduled commencement date of maternity leave, the period of absence will be covered by the provisions of Clauses 26.1(a) and (b). (e) On return from maternity leave, an employee shall be placed in her former position. (f) The Employer shall maintain coverage for medical, extended health, dental, group life, short and long-term disability, and shall pay the Employer's share of these premiums. (g) Notwithstanding Clauses 20.1 and 20.2, vacation entitlements and vacation pay shall continue to accrue while an employee is on maternity leave for the first six months of maternity leave providing the employee returns to work for a period of not less than six months. Vacation earned pursuant to this clause may be carried over to the following year, notwithstanding Clause 20.9. (h) Where the original application for maternity leave is for a period of less than 12 months, it can be extended for an additional period so the combined leaves do not exceed 12 months. Such an extension must be for health reasons and will be without pay. A doctor's certificate is required. Benefit provisions under Clause 26.1(f) shall apply. (i) Maternity leave for employees in their initial probation period shall be in accordance with the (j) Six weeks prior to the expiration date of the maternity leave, the employee must notify the University in writing of the date of return to work. If no notification is given, the employee shall be deemed to have abandoned the position.
Personal/Carer’s Leave 18.1 Entitlement to paid personal/carer’s leave a) Paid personal leave will be available to an Employee (other than casual Employees) when they are absent due to: (i) personal illness or injury (sick leave); or (ii) for the purposes of caring for an immediate family or household member who is sick and requires the Employee's care and support (carer's leave). b) The amount of personal leave to which an Employee is entitled is as follows: (i) Upon commencement of employment Employees will automatically be credited with 5 days Personal and/or Xxxxx’s leave. After 6 months of employment, the leave will begin to accrue progressively up until it reaches 10 days at the conclusion of 12 months employment. (ii) Once the Employee has completed one year of continuous employment, the Employee shall be credited with a further ten days personal leave entitlement at the beginning of the Employee's second and subsequent year, which subject to clause 18.1(f) hereof, shall commence on the anniversary of engagement. c) In any year unused personal leave accrues. d) An Employee will inform the Company of the Employee's inability to attend for duty, and need to take personal leave, as soon as practicable. e) An Employee shall prove to the Company's satisfaction that the Employee’s Personal/Xxxxx’s leave is/was justified. Such evidence may be a medical practitioner’s certificate, or a statutory declaration. An Employee will not be required to provide such evidence for single days of absence but only where two or more consecutive days of absence are taken. f) If an Employee’s employment is terminated by the Company and is re-engaged within a period of six months, then the Employee's unclaimed balance of sick leave shall continue from the date of re-engagement. In such case the Employee's next year of service will commence after a total of twelve months has been served with that Company excluding the period of interruption in service from the date of commencement of the previous period of employment or the anniversary of the commencement of the previous period of employment, as the case may be. g) Unpaid carer’s leave will be in accordance with the NES. 18.2 Immediate family or household a) The entitlement to use personal leave for the purpose of carer's or compassionate leave is subject to the person being either: (i) a member of the Employee's immediate family; or (ii) a member of the Employees' household. b) The term immediate family includes: (i) a spouse, de facto partner, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the Employee; or (ii) a child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of a spouse or de facto partner of the Employee.