Personal Necessity Leaves Sample Clauses
The Personal Necessity Leaves clause allows employees to take time off from work for urgent personal matters that cannot be postponed. Typically, this leave is limited to a certain number of days per year and may require employees to provide advance notice or documentation, depending on the employer's policy. By formalizing the process for requesting and granting leave for personal emergencies, this clause ensures employees can address important personal issues without risking their employment or violating attendance policies.
Personal Necessity Leaves. All unit members may use their accumulated sick leave, not to exceed seven (7) days per fiscal year, for this leave. Personal Necessity leave shall be granted for any of the following situations:
4.5.1 Death of a member of the immediate family (immediate family defined in Section
Personal Necessity Leaves. 11.2.1 Unit members may use a maximum of seven (7) days of accumulated Sick Leave in any school year for Personal Necessity Leave for the following purposes:
a. Death of a member of the immediate family when additional leave is required beyond that provided under ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leave.
b. Accident involving the person or property of the employee or the person or property of a member of the immediate family.
c. Appearance in any court or before any administrative tribunal as a litigant party, or witness under subpoena or any order made with jurisdiction.
d. Serious illness of a member of the immediate family, which required the personal assistance of the employee.
e. Other personal necessities (not to exceed two (2) days per year) which cannot reasonably be expected to be disregarded by the employee and which necessitate his/her personal attention during assigned duty hours, as determined by the Superintendent or designee. The supervisor and the Superintendent or designee shall respect the confidentiality of the request.
11.2.2 “Member of the immediate family” shall be as defined in Article 11.4.2.
11.2.3 The employee taking Personal Necessity Leave must notify the immediate supervisor or designee as far in advance when possible and must complete a District absence reporting form or enter absence in the absence management system.
11.2.4 With the advance approval of the Superintendent or designee, unit members may use additional days of accumulated Sick Leave, beyond the seven (7) days provided for in Article 11.2.1, for cases of personal necessity for the following purposes:
a. Death or serious illness of a member of the employee’s immediate or extended family.
b. Accident involving the employee’s person or property or the person or property of a member of the employee’s immediate family.
Personal Necessity Leaves. A maximum of seven (7) days of accrued sick leave may be used by an employee in any school year in cases of personal necessity. Any such usage must typically be for a matter that cannot be handled outside of work hours, and for a matter that is serious in nature and cannot be lightly disregarded. The employee shall submit a completed personal necessity leave request form to the immediate supervisor at least 3 working days prior to the requested leave, except in cases of emergency, as noted below, in which case the form shall be filled out at the earliest possible time. The employee shall not be required to obtain advance permission for leave taken under this section for any of the following reasons:
12.9.1 Death or serious illness of a member of his/her immediate family, as defined under "Bereavement Leave" in this article.
12.9.2 Accident involving his/her person or property, or the person, or property of a member of the immediate family.
12.9.3 However, the employee must submit a completed leave request form attached to this agreement as Appendix B, to their immediate supervisor within five (5) days after return to duty
12.9.4 Examples of appropriate use of personal necessity leave include, but are not limited to:
12.9.4.1 Funerals of a close friend, staff member, former staff member, or a student with whom the employee is acquainted.
12.9.4.2 Graduation of an immediate family member from high school, a two- year college, a four-year college, graduate school for a masters or doctoral degree, in any event the graduation must be the culminating event of the training at that institution.
12.9.4.3 Wedding of a family member.
12.9.4.4 Appearance in any court or before any administrative tribunal as a litigant, party, or witness under subpoena or any order made with jurisdiction, IRS audits, or consultation with an attorney. If the court appearance is directly job-related, the employee shall be considered to be in paid status rather than on leave. The employee shall give as much advance notice as is possible to the immediate supervisor. Except as stated above, the employee must obtain prior permission from the immediate supervisor in order to use personal necessity leave.
12.9.5 The District reserves the right to investigate and require verification of the need for, and use of, personal necessity leave.
12.9.6 The number of bargaining unit members using personal necessity leave simultaneously may be limited by the availability of substitutes and/or such in- sc...
Personal Necessity Leaves. 9.6.1. Each classified service employee may elect, in cases of personal necessity, to use up to ten (10) available personal illness or injury “sick leave” days as provided in Section 9.1 of this agreement. As used herein, the term “immediate family” shall include all persons named in section 9.3 of the agreement. As used herein, the term “personal necessity” shall refer to those situations where the employee’s presence is urgently required, as opposed to situations where the particular matter could be taken care of outside of regular work hours.