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For more information visit our privacy policy.Sabbatical Leave 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave. 2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following: a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research. b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant. c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools. 3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years. 4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended. 5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave. 6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties. 7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced. 8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due. 9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions. 10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
Sabbatical Leaves 1. A leave of absence for a period not to exceed eighteen (18) University calendar weeks with full pay in accordance with current scheduling practice, or a leave of absence for a period not to exceed thirty-six (36) University calendar weeks with half pay, in accordance with current scheduling practice, for restoration of health, study, travel, or other appropriate purposes, may be requested by a FACULTY MEMBER and may, at the discretion of the President, be granted to any FACULTY MEMBER of any University who has submitted a request for consideration for a sabbatical leave and who has completed seven (7) or more years of satisfactory service as a FACULTY MEMBER of one (1) or more of the UNIVERSITIES, as specified below. Library FACULTY MEMBERS who were granted ACADEMIC FACULTY rank shall accrue credits towards sabbatical leave only from the date the ACADEMIC FACULTY rank was granted. Sabbatical leaves granted after March 20, 1997, will be based primarily upon merit. Unused sabbatical leave credit may be considered in the selection process. 2. At least five (5) consecutive years of such service shall have been rendered to the University from which the leave is sought. A FACULTY MEMBER who has been granted an approved leave without pay shall not be deemed to have had his/her consecutive service interrupted; provided, however, that time spent on such leave shall not count as service toward a sabbatical leave nor towards the accumulation of sick leave. 3. If the University operates on a system of units other than semesters, the FACULTY MEMBER may, at his/her option, be granted a sabbatical leave corresponding to one (1) or more of these units so long as the restriction set forth in subsection 1. above, concerning total weeks of sabbatical leave which can be granted in each such leave, is met. 4. One (1) sabbatical leave may be requested, considered and granted in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article for each additional seven (7) years of service. Leaves shall be accumulated so that no one shall lose entitlement to consideration for a sabbatical leave because of failure to use leave due to scheduling practices at a particular University, but no one shall be entitled to be considered for or use more than thirty-six
Medical Leave of Absence Where you have a medical leave of absence due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six months, and you have not returned to employment with the Company or an Affiliate, a Separation from Service has occurred on the earlier of: (A) the first day on which you would not be considered “disabled” under any disability policy of the Company or Affiliate under which you are then receiving a benefit; or (B) the first day on which your medical leave of absence period exceeds 29 months.
Annual Leave (a) Full-time employees are entitled to 4 weeks (20 days) of paid Annual Leave accruing pro rata by pay period. (b) Part-time employees accrue Annual Leave on a pro rata basis. (c) Employees are expected to provide reasonable notice of their intention to take annual leave and approval is subject to work requirements at the time. In this regard, due consideration needs to be paid to the seasonal fluctuations of the business and leave arrangements will generally be structured to account for these. (d) Employees are expected to take Annual Leave within 12 months of it accruing. (e) The Employer may direct the Employee to take annual leave with the giving of one month’s notice. (f) Annual Leave may not be paid out except on termination of employment or in the following circumstances: (1) In any year, the employee may apply to cash in up to 2 weeks of their annual leave entitlement provided that (2) The employee has had at least 2 weeks off on Annual Leave in the previous year and, after deduction of the amount cashed in, retains a balance of at least 2 weeks of annual leave (3) Once payment is effected in line with Clause 16(i)(1)-(2), the company’s obligations in relation to the amount of leave so paid out shall be fully satisfied and the employee shall make no further claim in relation to the amount of leave so paid out and (4) The Company reserves the right to determine whether or not it agrees to the employee’s request at the time it is made. (5) The application to cash in Annual Leave must be in writing. Employee may elect to have annual leave in single day increments. Where an Employee elects to take such annual leave adequate notice shall be given to the Company. Annual leave loading of 17.5% shall be paid on all annual leave entitlements.
Maternity Leave Allowance (a) An employee who qualifies for maternity leave pursuant to Clause 21.1, shall be paid a maternity leave allowance in accordance with the Supplemental Employment Benefit (SEB) Plan. In order to receive this allowance, the employee must provide to the Employer, proof that she has applied for and is eligible to receive employment insurance benefits pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act. An employee disentitled or disqualified from receiving employment insurance benefits is not eligible for maternity leave allowance. (b) Pursuant to the Supplemental Employment Benefit (SEB) Plan, the maternity leave allowance will consist of 15 weekly payments equivalent to the difference between the employment insurance gross benefits and any other earnings received by the employee and 85% of the employee's basic pay.
General Leave of Absence a) Leave of absence without pay may be granted to employees for valid reasons as set out by Company policy. b) An employee on general leave of absence shall not accumulate sick leave credits, or earn vacation but shall retain the seniority, sick leave credits, and vacation credits earned prior to commencing leave of absence. c) Employees do not have the option of continuing their benefit coverage during the leave. d) Employees on leave of absence shall be required to apply for any extension.
Medical Leave Pursuant to applicable provisions of the Civil Service Rules, County Code, and other law, medical leaves of absence will be granted by the employee’s Department Head upon request only upon submission of a doctor’s certificate or other satisfactory medical evidence of the employee’s need for such leave.