Public Office Leave. (a) An Employer shall grant a leave of absence without pay upon the request of any Nurse to run as a candidate in a Federal, Provincial, or Municipal election. If the Nurse withdraws as a candidate or is an unsuccessful candidate, she/he is entitled to return to her or his former position without loss of benefits provided that the Nurse gives two (2) weeks notice to the Employer of her/his intent to return unless mutually agreed to a shorter notice period.
(b) Any Nurse in the Bargaining Unit who is elected to full-time office in the Federal, Provincial, or Municipal level of Government shall be granted a leave of absence without pay, for a term not exceeding five (5) years.
(c) Upon return, the Nurse will be placed in a position determined in accordance with the needs of the Employer at that time. The Nurse shall be placed on the same level of the increment scale the Nurse formerly occupied prior to commencing the leave of absence. The Nurse shall retain all benefits which accrued up to the time the Nurse commenced the leave of absence, including Service. The Nurse shall continue to accrue Seniority during the leave of absence.
Public Office Leave. An employee upon annual application may be granted a leave of absence without pay for up to six (6) years to serve in a public office. Upon return from such leave the employee shall be offered a position in the District for which he/she is certified and qualified.
Public Office Leave. Upon written request by the Union and the individual concerned, the Employer shall grant leave of absence without pay to any employee elected to and without pay while campaigning for his own election to public office. Such leave shall be for a maximum period of two (2) months in the case of his campaigning or for the term of such office in the case of his election.
Public Office Leave. An employee with at least one (1) year of service who is elected to a full time public office may be granted a leave of absence without compensation or benefits for up to a maximum of three (3) years. Seniority will not be accumulated during this leave of absence.
Public Office Leave. As provided by applicable State or Federal legislation and/or regulation, up to four (4) years to any Teacher for the purpose of holding public office. The leave shall commence upon assuming the duties of the office.
Public Office Leave. The Employer recognizes the rights of Employees to participate in public affairs. Therefore, upon written request, the Employer shall grant leave of absence without pay to enable Employees to be candidates in federal, provincial or municipal elections. If elected, the Employee shall be granted a leave of absence for one (1) full term of office, and the Employer may post the position for the full term of office, notwithstanding the twelve (12) month limitation in Article 17.1.
Public Office Leave. An employee who is a candidate for or otherwise elected to any public office may seek permission from the employer to take an unpaid leave of absence as required to campaign for and/or serve in such public office. Such permission not to be unreasonably withheld.
Public Office Leave. The Board shall grant a leave of absence of one school semester, or a combination of continuous school semesters, not to exceed one school year, without pay or fringe benefits to any administrator to campaign for himself or serve in an elective public office. The request for such leave shall be submitted at least sixty (60) days prior to the start of the school year or the second semester, whichever is to be first affected by such request. The Board will, upon written request, grant one (1), one year renewal of this leave.
Public Office Leave. The Board may grant a leave of absence without pay to any tenured teacher to campaign for, or serve in, a public office, but any leave granted under this paragraph shall be for a period of not less than one (1) semester nor more than two (2) consecutive years.
Public Office Leave. (i) The Employer shall grant unpaid leave of absence without loss of seniority so that an employee may stand as a candidate for a federal, provincial or municipal elective public office up to and including eight (8) weeks provided written notice is given to the Employer a minimum of two (2) weeks in advance of the effective date of the leave.
(ii) An employee elected to a full-time public office shall be granted unpaid leave of absence for their term of office. During such leave of absence, seniority, benefits and entitlements shall be frozen and shall not continue to accrue or be utilized by that elected employee.
(iii) An employee elected or appointed to a public office, which is not of a full- time nature, may be granted time off work without pay subject to:
(a) written application being made to the Employer a minimum of five (5) days in advance; and,
(b) the unpaid leave of absence shall be taken in a minimum of one (1) day blocks unless otherwise agreed to by the employer; and,
(c) the aggregate of unpaid leave of absence shall not exceed ten (10) working days in any calendar year to conduct business or thirty (30) days if serving as Mayor or Chairperson. By mutual agreement of the parties, this leave may be extended.
(d) a request for extended leave shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(iv) An employee who obtains such leave of absence pursuant to (ii) above must return to work with the Employer within thirty (30) calendar days after completion of public office.
