Section 9.9. Family Leave/Medical Leave. 2 The District will provide leave in accordance with Federal and State law. Eligible employees may take 3 up to twelve (12) weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave each year for specified family and medical 5 blocks of time, or by reducing their normal weekly or daily work schedule. To be eligible, the 6 employee must have been employed for at least twelve (12) months and worked for at least eleven 7 hundred (1100) hours during the previous twelve (12) months. The District is required to maintain 8 insurance coverage for an employee on Family and Medical leave whenever such insurance was 9 provided before the leave was taken, and on the same terms as if the employee had continued to work.
Section 9.9. Family Leave/Medical Leave. 32 The DistrictDistrict will provide leave in accordance with Federal and State law. Eligible employees 33 may take up to twelve (12) weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave each year for specified family and 34 medical reasons. The employee may also be eligible to take leave intermittently – which means taking 35 leave in blocks of time, or by reducing their normal weekly or daily work schedule. To be eligible, the 36 employee must have been employed for at least twelve (12) months and worked for at least eleven 37 hundred (1100) hours during the previous twelve (12) months. The DistrictDistrict is required to 38 maintain insurance coverage for an employee on Family and Medical leave whenever such insurance 39 was provided before the leave was taken, and on the same terms as if the employee had continued to 40 work. Leave can be taken for the birth or placement of a child for adoption or xxxxxx care; to care for an 41 immediate family member (spouse or domestic partner as defined by Washington law), child, or 42 parent) with a serious health condition; or to take medical leave when the employee is unable to work 43 because of a serious health condition. The employee must provide the DistrictDistrict with thirty (30) 44 days written notice for foreseeable leaves for birth, adoption, and planned medical treatment. Family 45 and Medical leave may be taken as sick leave for up to thirty (30) work days worth of hours, unless 46 and until such time as the employee’s sick leave is exhausted. In the case where Family and Medical 47 leave will exhaust the employee’s sick leave, or upon written request of the employee, a leave of 48 absence may be granted without pay. Upon return from Family and Medical leave, the employee will 1 be placed into the position occupied before the leave was taken, or if the position is no longer 2 available, a position with equal number of hours, current wages and benefits.
