Common use of Shared Leave Use Clause in Contracts

Shared Leave Use. A. The College will determine the amount of leave, if any, that an employee may receive. However, the College may not prevent an employee from using leave intermittently or on nonconsecutive days so long as the leave has not been returned under RCW 41.04.665(10) and Subsection 15.5 F below. An employee will not receive more than five hundred twenty-two (522) days of shared leave during total state employment. The College may authorize leave in excess of five hundred twenty-two (522) days in extraordinary circumstances for an employee qualifying for the program because the employee is suffering from an illness, injury, impairment or physical or mental condition which is of an extraordinary or severe nature. An employee receiving industrial insurance wage replacement benefits may not receive greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of their base salary from the receipt of shared leave.