Retirement Pay Any teacher with ten (10) years consecutive teaching experience in the Park Hill School District immediately prior to retirement from PSRS without an age reduction for early retirement, shall receive upon retirement from the Park Hill School District a terminal amount based upon the following formula: (Notation, the teacher must make application to PSRS for retirement and begin drawing from PSRS on the first available month following retirement). Years of service to the Park Hill School District to be divided by ten (10) and multiplied by one-ninth (1/9) of the last completed contract. Retirement notification after December 15 for the current academic year will result in a reduction of $1,000.00 from the total under Article 36. In the event of a sudden severe illness of the teacher, teacher’s legally recognized spouse, and/or child, the transfer of a legally recognized spouse, or being called into active military duty may be cause for the District not to impose the late notification reduction of $1,000.00. A teacher who otherwise qualifies for payment under Article 36 and dies while currently classified as an active employee will receive such payment.
Parental Leave Without Pay (a) Where an employee has or will have the actual care and custody of a new- born child (including the new-born child of a common-law spouse), the employee shall, upon request, be granted parental leave without pay for a single period of up to thirty-seven (37) consecutive weeks in the fifty-two (52) week period beginning on the day on which the child is born or the day on which the child comes into the employee’s care.
(b) Where an employee commences legal proceedings under the laws of a province to adopt a child or obtains an order under the laws of a province for the adoption of a child, the employee shall, upon request, be granted parental leave without pay for a single period of up to thirty-seven (37) consecutive weeks in the fifty-two (52) week period beginning on the day on which the child comes into the employee’s care.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b):
(i) where the employee’s child is hospitalized within the period defined in the above paragraphs, and the employee has not yet proceeded on parental leave without pay, or
(ii) where the employee has proceeded on parental leave without pay and then returns to work for all or part of the period during which his or her child is hospitalized, the period of parental leave without pay specified in the original leave request may be extended by a period equal to that portion of the period of the child’s hospitalization during which the employee was not on parental leave. However, the extension shall end not later than one hundred and four (104) weeks after the day on which the child comes into the employee’s care.
(d) An employee who intends to request parental leave without pay shall notify the Employer at least four (4) weeks in advance of the expected date of birth of the employee’s child (including the child of a common-law spouse), or the date the child is expected to come into the employee’s care pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b).
(e) The Employer may,
(i) defer the commencement of parental leave without pay at the request of the employee;
(ii) grant the employee parental leave without pay with less than four
Maternity Leave Without Pay (1) An employee who becomes pregnant shall, upon request, be granted maternity leave without pay for a period beginning before, on or after the termination date of pregnancy and ending not later than eighteen (18) weeks after the termination date of pregnancy.
(a) Notwithstanding 35.7(A)(1):
(i) where the employee’s new-born child is hospitalized within the period defined in 35.7(A)(1); and
(ii) where the employee has proceeded on maternity leave without pay and then, upon request and with the concurrence of the Council, returns to work for all or part of the period during which her new- born child is hospitalized; the period of maternity leave without pay defined in 35.7(A)(1) may be extended beyond the date falling eighteen (18) weeks after the date of termination of pregnancy by a period equal to that portion of the period of the child’s hospitalization during which the employee returned to work, to a maximum of eighteen (18) weeks.
(b) The extension described in 35.7(A)(1)(a) shall end not later than fifty-two (52) weeks after the termination date of pregnancy.
(2) At its discretion, the Council may require an employee to submit a medical certificate certifying pregnancy.
(3) An employee who has not commenced maternity leave without pay may elect to:
(a) use earned vacation and compensatory leave credits up to and beyond the date that her pregnancy terminates;
(b) use her sick leave credits up to and beyond the date that her pregnancy terminates, subject to the provisions set out in the Sick Leave Article. For purposes of this clause, illness or injury as defined in the Sick Leave Article shall include medical disability related to pregnancy.
(B) An employee shall inform the Council in writing of her plans for taking leave with and without pay to cover her absence from work due to the pregnancy at least four (4) weeks in advance of the initial date of continuous leave of absence during which termination of pregnancy is expected to occur.
(C) Leave granted under this clause shall be counted for the calculation of “continuous employment” or “service” as applicable for the purpose of calculating severance pay and vacation leave. Time spent on such leave shall be counted for pay increment purposes.
Special Leave Without Pay Section 1. Employees may participate in a Special Leave Without Pay Program as established by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners. The Special Leave Without Pay Program period is from date of County Board Approval through December 31, 2021.
Section 2. Upon the request of either party, the EMPLOYER and the UNION shall meet and confer on the extension of this Special Leave Without Pay Program each year through 2021.
Section 3. The EMPLOYER's policy on use of Special Leave Without Pay (SLWOP) provides that employees may use SLWOP in cases where they would otherwise not take the leave. The EMPLOYER will therefore interpret its policy on SLWOP to allow SLWOP for Union Leave and Parenting Leave in cases where the employee would not otherwise take the leave.
Court Pay (1) When an off-duty member is subpoenaed to court and so reports, the member shall be paid or credited a minimum of four (4) hours at the member's appropriate rate of pay, unless the court clock-out time is within one-half (½) hour of the beginning of the member’s tour of duty or later. In the latter case, the member shall be paid at a rate of time and one-half (1½) for all hours worked up to the starting time for that tour of duty.
(2) Subject to the provisions of Section 22.7(B)(1), where an off-duty member has been issued multiple subpoenas on the same day, the member shall receive a minimum of four (4) hours pay at the member’s appropriate rate of pay for reporting for a morning (a.m.) subpoena or subpoenas and a minimum of four (4) hours pay at the member’s appropriate rate of pay for reporting for an afternoon (p.m.) subpoena or subpoenas, with 12:00 noon beginning the p.m. time period. Where an off-duty member has appeared for court and has not been released by the court and/or clocked out from an a.m. subpoena(s) at the time he/she reports for a p.m. subpoena(s), the above provision shall not apply. In this situation, the member shall receive a minimum of four (4) hours pay at the member’s appropriate rate of pay and shall receive pay at his/her appropriate rate of pay for all hours worked beyond four (4).
(3) If the member is notified not to appear in court at least the day before the member is required by subpoena to appear in court, no court pay shall be provided.
(4) The following provisions shall apply to members scheduled to appear in court other than during their tour of duty for the day of the scheduled court appearance.
(a) A member who receives a subpoena requiring a court appearance after 12:00 noon that does not fall within the member’s tour of duty for the day shall contact the appropriate Liaison Unit for approval to attend. The member shall seek such approval between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on the date of the scheduled court appearance. If the court appearance is cancelled, the officer shall be paid or credited for one (1) hour at the member's straight-time rate.
(b) A member whose regular shift is 2:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., who makes a court call-in as required and reports to court at 1:30 p.m., will be paid a minimum of one (1) hour at time and one- half (1½) the member’s regular hourly rate of pay.
(c) When a member is subpoenaed for a court appearance on a regularly scheduled day off and is notified on that day not to appear, pursuant to subsection 22.7(B)(4)(a), the member shall be paid or credited with two (2) hours at the member's straight-time rate.
(5) It is understood that those members attending court on a casual leave status will have the time they are in court subtracted from their casual leave request and will be paid at their regular hourly rate. This adjustment will be calculated in the following manner:
(a) Casual leave using vacation time will be computed in one (1) hour blocks. Members clocked in for court up to and including one (1) hour will be credited vacation time and paid straight time for one (1) hour. Any part of additional hours will be credited and paid to the next higher hour.
(b) Casual leave using compensatory time will be computed in one-half (½) hour blocks. Members clocked in for court up to and including one-half (½) hour will be credited compensatory time and paid straight time for one-half (½) hour. Any part of additional half hours will be credited and paid to the next higher one-half (½) hour.