Common use of Use of Annual Leave for Illness or Injury Clause in Contracts

Use of Annual Leave for Illness or Injury. A. Annual leave may be applied to: 1. An absence necessitated by the employee's personal illness, injury or disability due to pregnancy or childbirth; including medical and dental appointments. 2. Absence due to exposure to a contagious disease when quarantine is imposed by health authorities or when it is determined by a physician designated by the County that the presence of the employee on duty would endanger the health of others. 3. Absence from duty because the employee's presence is needed to attend to the serious illness of a member of his or her immediate family. For purposes of this Section, immediate family shall mean father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, stepparent, brother, sister, wife, husband, registered domestic partner, child, stepchild, grandparent or legal xxxx. 4. Absence from duty because of personal emergencies not to exceed thirty (30) annual leave hours during the fiscal year. 5. Absence from duty because: (1) the employee’s presence is needed to attend to the diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing health condition of, or preventive care for, an employee or an employee’s family member; or (2) an employee is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and the employee uses the leave time for the purposes described in Labor Code sections 230(c) and 230.1(a). Use of this leave is limited to the time period specified in Labor Code section 233. For purposes of this Section “family member” means child, parent, spouse, registered domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling as those terms are defined by Labor Code section 245.5(c). 6. An absence due to an air pollution alert which prevents the employee from traveling to his or her work location. 7. An approved absence due to unforeseen and uncharacteristic working conditions, which may be hazardous to the employee’s health. B. Once an employee has submitted, and has had approved, a request for time off for a medical or dental appointment, every effort will be made to honor the approval. Should a significant operational issue arise after approval has been granted, the County will make every reasonable effort to provide coverage before notifying the employee of the need to change the appointment. C. An employee may be required to furnish a certificate issued by a licensed physician or registered nurse or other satisfactory evidence of illness, injury, medical condition or medical or dental office calls. Such evidence may be required when the employee has been under the care of a physician or when there is reasonable expectation of abuse of annual leave for illness or injury. The requirement will expire after one year if annual leave is used properly during that period. This subsection shall not be subject to the arbitration provision. D. Annual leave shall not be applied to absences which occur on a County holiday.

Use of Annual Leave for Illness or Injury. ‌ A. Annual leave may be applied to: 1. An absence necessitated by the employee's personal illness, injury or disability due to pregnancy or childbirth; including medical and dental appointments. 2. Absence due to exposure to a contagious disease when quarantine is imposed by health authorities or when it is determined by a physician designated by the County that the presence of the employee on duty would endanger the health of others. 3. Absence from duty because the employee's presence is needed to attend to the serious illness of a member of his or her immediate family. For purposes of this Section, immediate family shall mean father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, stepparent, brother, sister, wife, husband, registered domestic partner, child, stepchild, grandparent or legal xxxx. 4. Absence from duty because of personal emergencies not to exceed thirty (30) annual leave hours during the fiscal year. 5. Absence from duty because: (1) the employee’s presence is needed to attend to the diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing health condition of, or preventive care for, an employee or an employee’s family member; or (2) an employee is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and the employee uses the leave time for the purposes described in Labor Code sections 230(c) and 230.1(a). Use of this leave is limited to the time period specified in Labor Code section 233. For purposes of this Section “family member” means child, parent, spouse, registered domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling as those terms are defined by Labor Code section 245.5(c). 6. An absence due to an air pollution alert which prevents the employee from traveling to his or her work location. 7. An approved absence due to unforeseen and uncharacteristic working conditions, which may be hazardous to the employee’s health. B. Once an employee has submitted, and has had approved, a request for time off for a medical or dental appointment, every effort will be made to honor the approval. Should a significant operational issue arise after approval has been granted, the County will make every reasonable effort to provide coverage before notifying the employee of the need to change the appointment. C. An employee may be required to furnish a certificate issued by a licensed physician or registered nurse or other satisfactory evidence of illness, injury, medical condition or medical or dental office calls. Such evidence may be required when the employee has been under the care of a physician or when there is reasonable expectation of abuse of annual leave for illness or injury. The requirement will expire after one year if annual leave is used properly during that period. This subsection shall not be subject to the arbitration provision. D. Annual leave shall not be applied to absences which occur on a County holiday.

Use of Annual Leave for Illness or Injury. ‌ A. Annual leave may be applied to: 1. An absence necessitated by the employee's personal illness, injury or disability due to pregnancy or childbirth; including medical and dental appointments. 2. Absence due to exposure to a contagious disease when quarantine is imposed by health authorities or when it is determined by a physician designated by the County that the presence of the employee on duty would endanger the health of others. 3. Absence from duty because the employee's presence is needed to attend to the serious illness of a member of his or her immediate family. For purposes of this Section, immediate family shall mean father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, stepparent, brother, sister, wife, husband, registered domestic partner, child, stepchild, grandparent or legal xxxx. 4. Absence from duty because of personal emergencies not to exceed thirty (30) annual leave Annual Leave hours during the fiscal year. 5. Absence from duty because: (1) the employee’s presence is needed to attend to the diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing health condition of, or preventive care for, an employee or an employee’s family member; or (2) an employee is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and the employee uses the leave time for the purposes described in Labor Code sections 230(c) and 230.1(a). Use of this leave is limited to the time period specified in Labor Code section 233. For purposes of this Section “family member” means child, parent, spouse, registered domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling as those terms are defined by Labor Code section 245.5(c). 6. An absence due to an air pollution alert which prevents the employee from traveling to his or her work location. 7. An approved absence due to unforeseen and uncharacteristic working conditions, which may be hazardous to the employee’s health. B. Once an employee has submitted, and has had approved, a request for time off for a medical or dental appointment, every effort will be made to honor the approval. Should a significant operational issue arise after approval has been granted, the County will make every reasonable effort to provide coverage before notifying the employee of the need to change the appointment. C. An employee may be required to furnish a certificate issued by a licensed physician or registered nurse or other satisfactory evidence of illness, injury, medical condition or medical or dental office calls. Such evidence may be required when the employee has been under the care of a physician or when there is reasonable expectation of abuse of annual leave Annual Leave for illness or injury. The requirement will expire after one year if annual leave Annual Leave is used properly during that period. This subsection shall not be subject to the arbitration provision. D. Annual leave shall not be applied to absences which occur on a County holiday.