Common use of Personal or Professional Leave Clause in Contracts

Personal or Professional Leave. 13.7.1 A Unit Member may be granted an unpaid leave of absence for personal or professional reasons. Such leaves of absence may be for professional or personal matters for which there is no other leave provision or for which other leave provisions have been exhausted. Such unpaid leaves may include, but are not limited to, leaves for personal health, family concerns, professional development, and other personal or professional needs. As such leaves are unpaid, if denied, the District must show reason that such leave will threaten serious determent to, or termination of, campus programs. 13.7.1.1 Unpaid leaves of absence are available for one (1) semester or for one (1) school year. Emergency unpaid leaves of absence may be granted for other periods of time. 13.7.1.2 Requests for consideration for unpaid leaves are to be submitted to the Immediate Management Supervisor not less than one (1) month prior to the requested effective date of the beginning of the unpaid leave of absence. Leaves may be considered that are submitted in lesser periods of lead time should compelling reasons be evidenced for which the recipient would have been reasonably unaware at an earlier date. 13.7.1.3 The Immediate Management Supervisor, within five (5) days of application, shall make a recommendation to the President/Xxxxxxx or designee for approval or denial of the unpaid leave of absence request and shall notify the Unit Member of the recommendation. The President/Xxxxxxx or designee shall, within five (5) days of receipt of the Immediate Management Supervisor’s recommendation, approve or deny the request for unpaid leave of absence. Approval by the President/Xxxxxxx or designee shall be final if in favor of the applicant. Should the leave request be denied, the decision may be appealed in the following manner. 13.7.1.3.1 Within five (5) days of denial, the applicant may request that a committee of three (3) members be selected to review the request for the unpaid leave, selected as follows: 13.7.1.3.1.1 one Unit Member will be selected to serve by the individual requesting the leave; 13.7.1.3.1.2 one administrative member will be selected by the Immediate Management Supervisor; 13.7.1.3.1.3 one member will be appointed by the appropriate Academic Senate President. 13.7.1.3.2 The three (3) member committee shall, within ten (10) days after convening, forward to the President/Xxxxxxx a recommendation to grant or deny the request for an unpaid leave. 13.7.1.3.3 The President/Xxxxxxx, after due consideration of the committee’s recommendation, shall render a decision. If the leave is denied, it shall not be for arbitrary or capricious reasons. The candidate shall be notified of the decision of the President/Xxxxxxx within ten (10) days from the date the appeals committee renders its recommendation to the President/Xxxxxxx.

Personal or Professional Leave. 13.7.1 A Unit Member may be granted an unpaid leave of absence for personal or professional reasons. Such leaves of absence may be for professional or personal matters for which there is no other leave provision or for which other leave provisions have been exhausted. Such unpaid leaves may include, but are not limited to, leaves for personal health, family concerns, professional development, and other personal or professional needs. As such leaves are unpaid, if denied, the District must show reason that such leave will threaten serious determent to, or termination of, campus programs. 13.7.1.1 Unpaid leaves of absence are available for one (1) semester or for one (1) school year. Emergency unpaid leaves of absence may be granted for other periods of time. 13.7.1.2 Requests for consideration for unpaid leaves are to be submitted to the Immediate Management Supervisor not less than one (1) month prior to the requested effective date of the beginning of the unpaid leave of absence. Leaves may be considered that are submitted in lesser periods of lead time should compelling reasons be evidenced for which the recipient would have been reasonably unaware at an earlier date. 13.7.1.3 The Immediate Management Supervisor, within five (5) days of application, shall make a recommendation to the President/Xxxxxxx President or designee for approval or denial of the unpaid leave of absence request and shall notify the Unit Member of the recommendation. The President/Xxxxxxx President or designee shall, within five (5) days of receipt of the Immediate Management Supervisor’s recommendation, approve or deny the request for unpaid leave of absence. Approval by the President/Xxxxxxx President or designee shall be final if in favor of the applicant. Should the leave request be denied, the decision may be appealed in the following manner. 13.7.1.3.1 Within five (5) days of denial, the applicant may request that a committee of three (3) members be selected to review the request for the unpaid leave, selected as follows: 13.7.1.3.1.1 one Unit Member will be selected to serve by the individual requesting the leave; 13.7.1.3.1.2 one administrative member will be selected by the Immediate Management Supervisor; 13.7.1.3.1.3 one member will be appointed by the appropriate Academic Senate President. 13.7.1.3.2 The three (3) member committee shall, within ten (10) days after convening, forward to the President/Xxxxxxx President a recommendation to grant or deny the request for an unpaid leave. 13.7.1.3.3 The President/Xxxxxxx, after due consideration of the committee’s recommendation, shall render a decision. If the leave is denied, it shall not be for arbitrary or capricious reasons. The candidate shall be notified of the decision of the President/Xxxxxxx President within ten (10) days from the date the appeals committee renders its recommendation to the President/Xxxxxxx.