District 11 Paid Leave Benefits

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1 The world is changing. Meet the future. District 11 Paid Leave Benefits All absences are to be reported to the SEMS system (Except for Food and Nutrition and Transportation Services employees who report absences directly to their site leave approver). Provide notice to direct supervisor or designee in as much advanced notice as possible. TEACHERS Teacher Leave: Commencing on the first duty day of each school year, full-time teachers are granted 11 days of teacher leave to be used for any reason. Teacher leave is the first 11 days reported. After teacher leave is exhausted, a teacher is excused for sick leave, providing they have additional leave accrued. Teachers working less than the entire day or school year shall have their allotment of paid leave adjusted on a pro-rata basis. Professional Leave: Teachers are granted two days per year to be used at the teacher s discretion for the purpose of professional visitation, attendance at meetings, educational conferences or other professional activities. These two days are in addition to the 11 days and may accumulate yearly up to a maximum of five days. Sick Leave: Used in blocks of no less than three and a half hours measured from either the beginning or the end of the workday. The teacher may report either three and a half hours for a half day, seven hours or their full day if the teacher works less than seven hours per day. Vacation: Teachers are not eligible for vacation leave. Personal Leave: Teachers are not eligible for personal leave. Maternity Leave Master Agreement Article IXE.7: Upon the exhaustion of Sick/Paid Leave, a teacher who gives birth (or whose spouse gives birth) or adopts a child, may, within the 60 day period following such birth or adoption, apply for and be granted up to 20 days of additional leave. Provided a substitute is required by the district, such teacher agrees to reimburse the District the daily casual substitute rate for each day of such additional leave.

2 Military Leave: Max of 15 calendar days/year without loss of pay. This type of leave is not cumulative. Jury Duty: Each employee is granted leave when called for jury duty. An Employee will be excused for one day of Jury Duty upon presentation of the jury summons. If an employee needs more than one day of jury duty leave, he/she is required to present the juror service certificate upon return to work. The employee will turn over any payment received for such service to the Fiscal Services Department, and no deduction will be made from the employee s salary. certificate. A copy may be sent to HR - Employee Leaves Office for filing. guidelines for a serious or critical illness/injury. Participation is voluntary and one day of sick leave must be donated in order to join. Additional information can be found in the Master Agreement Article IX.B and in the Sick Leave Bank guidelines posted on the Human Resources website. Donated Hardship Leave: In order for an employee to be eligible to receive Donated Hardship Leave from other teachers, an employee must first exhaust all available paid and/or sick leave, and any awarded Sick Leave Bank days. Donated Hardship Leave may not be used to extend a teacher s period of employment. An employee may be eligible to request up to 30 days of donated leave for personal illness/injury of a catastrophic nature and up to 80 days for an immediate family member s illness/injury of a catastrophic nature as defined in Master Agreement Article IX.C. Refer to Master Agreement Article IX.C for additional information about Donated Leave. EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS (ESP) Sick Leave: paid sick leave days (varies based upon your contract days and work day schedule). Sick Leave must be taken in full hour increments. Personal Leave: Eligible to use up to 5 accumulated days of sick leave as personal leave during the fiscal year without loss of pay. Personal Leave without Loss of Pay is not cumulative. Sick leave carries over from year to year with no maximum accrual. These 5 days are from the sick leave allotment. Personal Leave may be taken in one (1) hour increments. (Excludes FNS/Transportation employees which are addressed in Article ) Vacation ESP: 260 contract day employees are eligible only. This must be taken in full hour increments. ESP employees may carry a maximum of 5 days (40 hours) of earned/unused vacation into the next school year. Bereavement Leave: Bereavement Leave is for ESP only and is authorized in Human Resources.

3 The employee must contact the HR Employee Leaves Office at concerning this matter. The ESP employee must have less than 5 days of accumulated sick/personal leave at the time the request is made. Military Leave: Max of 15 calendar days/year without loss of pay. This type of leave is not cumulative. Jury Duty: Each employee will be granted leave when called for jury duty. An employee will be excused for one day of jury duty upon presentation of the jury summons. If an employee needs more than one day of jury duty leave, he/she is required to present the juror service certificate upon return to work. ESP shall receive either District pay or Jury Duty pay for jury service. If employees choose to keep their juror pay, they are required to notify Human Resources Attendance Office of their decision to take Leave without Pay. The expectation for all employees who receive a Jury summons is to report to their site for duty unless summoned to serve. If you are released from jury duty during your workday or before your shift begins, you are expected to return to your worksite whether or not a substitute has been provided. For ESP: Personal leave should be charged to the employee who does not return to work after being dismissed from jury duty. If no personal leave available it will be charged as Leave without Pay. certificate. A copy may be sent to HR Employee Leaves Office for filing. Additional Sick Leave at Half Salary: An employee may be eligible to request up to twenty days in any one school year, provided the reason for the request meets eligibility criteria as defined in the ESP Handbook Article 13. An employee must exhaust all available paid/sick leave and any awarded Sick Leave Bank days to be eligible to receive Additional Sick Leave at Half Salary. Pursuant to ESP Handbook Article 13, a doctor s written statement may be requested by the Executive Director of Human Resources/designee. guidelines for a serious or critical illness/injury. The employee must exhaust all available paid/sick leave and all but forty hours of vacation leave to be eligible to receive Sick Leave Bank days. Participation is voluntary and one day of sick leave must be donated in order to join. Additional information can be found in the ESP Handbook Article 13.3 and in the Sick Leave Bank guidelines posted on the Human Resources website. Donated Hardship Leave: Qualified employees are eligible to receive Donated Hardship Leave from other ESP employees. To qualify, the employee must exhaust all available paid, sick, personal, vacation leave and any awarded Sick Leave Bank days. Donated Hardship Leave may not be used to extend an ESP employee s period of employment.

4 An employee may be eligible to request up to 30 days of donated leave for personal illness/injury of a catastrophic nature and up to 75 days for an immediate family member s illness/injury of a catastrophic nature as defined in the ESP Handbook Article 13.4 Refer to ESP Handbook Article 13.4 for additional information about Donated Leave. EXECUTIVE PROFESSIONALS Sick Leave: paid sick leave days (varies based on your contract days) and must be taken in full hour increments. Personal Leave: Executive Professionals are eligible to use 5 days of Personal Leave per year, which can be taken in 1 hour increments. These 5 days are from the sick leave allotment. Vacation: 260 contract day employees are eligible only. 22 vacation days (prorated for employees that do not begin employment on July 1st). Vacation may be taken in full hour increments. Executive Professional employees are not allowed to carry more than 40 hours of earned/unused vacation time from year to year. Jury Duty: Each employee is granted leave when called for jury duty. An Employee will be excused for one day of Jury Duty upon presentation of the jury summons. If an employee needs more than one day of jury duty leave, he/she is required to present the juror service certificate upon return to work. The employee will turn over any payment received for such service to the Fiscal Services Department, and no deduction will be made from the employee s salary. certificate. A copy may be sent to HR Employee Leaves Office for filing. Military Leave: Max of 15 calendar days/year without loss of pay. This type of leave is not cumulative. guidelines for a serious or critical illness/injury. The employee must exhaust all available paid/sick leave and all but 40 hours of vacation leave to be eligible to receive Sick Leave Bank days. Participation is voluntary and one day of sick leave must be donated in order to join. Additional information can be found in the Executive Professional Handbook Article 17 and in the Sick Leave Bank guidelines posted on the Human Resources website. Donated Hardship Leave: To be eligible to receive Donated Hardship Leave from other Executive Professional employees, an employee must exhaust all available paid, sick, personal, vacation leave and any awarded Sick Leave Bank days. Donated Hardship Leave may not be used to extend an

5 Executive Professional employee s period of employment. An employee may be eligible to request up to 30 days of donated leave for personal or for an immediate family member s illness/injury of a catastrophic nature as defined in the Executive Professional Handbook Article 17.B.viii Refer to Executive Professional Handbook Article 17.B.viii for additional information about Donated Leave. PART TIME/TEMPORARY/ON-CALL EMPLOYEES Part-time employees who works less than 4 hours, Temporary/On-Call Employees (ex. Guest Staff, Coaches, Tutors, etc.) : There are no paid leave benefits for these employees, including sick leave, due to the nature of their work. These employees work varied hours per day and are not considered regular status employees.