Job Protected Alternative Leave (JPAL Sample Clauses

Job Protected Alternative Leave (JPAL. Unit IV employees whose work assignment does not permit them to meet the service hours requirement under FMLA and who have at least one thousand (1,000) hours of service in the 12 months prior to the commencement of their requested leave shall be entitled to Job Protected Alternative leave (JPAL). Said leave shall be administered according to the following: A. Eligible employees who are approved for JPAL, are entitled to use 12 weeks of leave within a 12- month period. The method used to establish the twelve (12) month period shall be the “twelve-month period measured forward” from the first date an employee takes JPAL. B. JPAL shall run concurrently with other paid leaves. C. JPAL may be used for serious health conditions of those persons covered by "illness in immediate family" as defined by this agreement. D. If a Unit IV employee is on Assault Leave or a leave covered by workers’compensation, such leave shall be governed by the explicit provisions of this agreement. E. Continuation with employee healthcare benefits will be administered in accordance with the provisions of the FMLA. An employee can elect to pay their share of healthcare premiums during the period of leave or defer payments until JPAL has ended. F. Intermittemt leave may only be taken pursuant to a JPAL-qualifying treatment plan(as documented via a Department of Labor certification form). G. Upon return from JPAL, AACPS shall reassign an employee whose absence was sixty (60) days or less to their original position with their job classification, as their assigned location. Re-assignment to an equivalent position within their job classification and/or an alternative location is permitted only (a) if the original position at the assigned location has been eliminated, or (b) after conferring with the union in other unusual circumstances. Upon return from an absence that exceeds sixty (60) days, the Unit IV employee shall be placed in an equivalent position within their job classification that does not result in a decrease in hourly rate of pay or length of work year. H. All paid leave that runs concurrently with JPAL shall be considered time worked for purposes of determining seniority. I. Employees who have accrued paid leave remaining at the conclusion of JPAL will be permitted to use that leave in accordance with federal, state, and local law, and AACPS leave policies.
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Job Protected Alternative Leave (JPAL. 1. Unit I employees whose FTE does not permit them to meet the hours of service requirement under FMLA, may be eligible for alternative Job Protected Leave (“AJPL”) if they work 87% of their total duty hours in the 12 months prior to the commencement of their leave. 2. Eligible employees who are approved for JPAL, are entitled to use 12 weeks of leave within a 12-month period. The method used to establish the twelve (12) month period shall be the “twelve-month period measured forward” from the first date an employee takes JPAL. 3. JPAL shall run concurrently with other paid leave types. 4. JPAL may be used for serious health conditions of those persons covered by "illness in immediate family" as defined by this agreement. 5. Continuation with employee healthcare benefits will be administered in accordance with the provision of FMLA. An employee can elect to pay their share of healthcare premiums during the period of leave or defer payments until JPAL has ended. 6. Intermittent leave can only be taken for a medically necessary scheduled treatment regimen (as documented via a Department of Labor certification form). 7. An instructional employee who begins leave more than five (5) weeks before the end of an academic term (school semester), and whose leave will last for more than two calendar weeks, may be required to continue taking leave until the end of the term if said employee would return to work within two weeks of the end of the term. 8. An instructional employee who begins leave within three weeks of the end of an academic term (school semester) may be required to continue taking leave until the end of the term. 9. Except in unusual circumstances, upon return from JPAL leave, a Unit I member whose period of absence does not exceed sixty (60) duty days, will return to his/her position. When an absence extends beyond sixty (60) duty days, the Unit I member may be placed in an equivalent position. 10. Employees who have accrued paid leave remaining at the conclusion of JPAL will be permitted to use that leave in accordance the negotiated agreement and AACPS leave policies, and applicable federal, state, and local law.
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