UNIT MEMBER-EMERGENCY LEAVE Sample Clauses

UNIT MEMBER-EMERGENCY LEAVE. 1. Certificated unit members will be allowed up to two and half (2 ½) days for emergency leave per school year. Non-certificated unit members will be allowed up to one (1) day for emergency leave per school year. Non-certificated unit members will be eligible to receive one and one half (1 ½) additional emergency leave days provided they have depleted all other vacation, sick, and personal days. 2. An emergency is defined as a circumstance of an unforeseen nature that impacts on the immediate family of the unit member or illness of father, mother, brothers, sisters, spouse or children. 3. Approval for emergency leave shall be sought from the Superintendent prior to taking emergency leave, if possible. If prior approval is not possible, approval shall be sought as soon as possible after reason for request for emergency leave occurs. The Superintendent shall determine the validity of the circumstances. If the decision is negative, the decision can be appealed to the Administrative-Certificated unit member Council whose decision is final.
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  • Personal Emergency Leave 1. A teacher will be granted up to five (5) days of leave per year to cover situations other than personal illness beyond the control of the teacher which would significantly impair teaching service. Deductions from the gross pay of a teacher for this leave shall be made at the degreed substitute rate of pay for each day taken. 2. A teacher may be granted up to five (5) days leave without pay for business and/or personal reasons having unusual circumstances.

  • Hardship Leave These provisions shall apply for the purpose of allowing employees to donate accrued vacation leaves and compensatory time for use by eligible recipients as sick leave. Agencies will allow employees to make donations of accumulated compensatory time or vacation leave, not to exceed the hours necessary to cover for the qualifying absence as provided in paragraph (d), to a coworker in that Agency or different Agency. To donate to a specific employee in a different Agency, the employee (donor) must submit a written request to their appointing authority/designee. The appointing authority or designee from both the donor’s and recipient’s agencies may authorize the transfer of donated leave between agencies, subject to restrictions on the use of dedicated funding sources and/or other legitimate business reasons. Authorization for transfer of donated leave shall not be unreasonably denied. For purposes of this Agreement, hardship leave donations will be administered under the following stipulations and the terms of this Agreement shall be strictly enforced with no exceptions. (a) The recipient and donor must be regular employees. (b) The Employer shall not assume any tax liabilities that would otherwise accrue to the employee. (c) Use of donated leave shall be consistent with those provisions found under Article 56, Section 2. (d) Applications for hardship leave shall be in writing and sent to the Agency’s Personnel Section and accompanied by the treating physician/practitioner’s written statement certifying that the illness or injury will continue for at least fifteen (15) days following donee’s projected exhausting of the accumulated leave and the total leave is at least thirty (30) consecutive calendar days of absence in combination of paid and unpaid leave. Donated leave may be used intermittently for the same event after the employee has satisfied the eligibility requirements to receive donated leave. (e) Donations shall be credited at the recipient’s current regular hourly rate of pay. (f) Accumulated leave includes but is not limited to sick, vacation, personal, and compensatory leave accruals. (g) Employees otherwise eligible for or receiving workers’ compensation will not be considered eligible to receive donations under this agreement.

  • Emergency Leave Notwithstanding any provisions for leave in this Agreement, the Employer may grant leave of absence with or without pay to an employee in emergency or unusual circumstances.

  • Partner Leave An employee shall provide to the employer, at least 10 weeks prior to each proposed period of parental leave: (a) (i) for the birth of a child, a certificate from a registered medical practitioner which names the employee’s partner, states that she is pregnant and the expected date of birth, or states the date on which the birth took place; or

  • Unforeseeable Emergency In the event of a Participant’s Unforeseeable Emergency, such Participant may request an emergency withdrawal from his or her Account. Any such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrator, which approval shall not be granted to the extent that such need may be relieved (i) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or (ii) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship). A Participant may withdraw all or a portion of his or her Account due to an Unforeseeable Emergency; provided, however, that the withdrawal shall not exceed the amount reasonably needed to satisfy the need created by the Unforeseeable Emergency.