The District will not discriminate against an employee who chooses to express breast milk in the workplace. The District will make reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location in close proximity to the work area where the employee can express milk in privacy. The District will provide reasonable unpaid break time or permit the use of paid break time or meal time each day to allow an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for up to three years following childbirth. Additional leaves for the purpose of bone marrow donation under any other provision of law will not be prevented.Į) Nursing Mothers (Breastfeeding/Lactation) The District will not retaliate against an employee for requesting or obtaining a leave of absence under this section.
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The District will require verification for the purpose and length of each leave requested by the employee for this purpose. Additional leaves for the purpose of blood donation under any other provision of law will not be prevented.Įmployees seeking to undergo a medical procedure to donate bone marrow will be granted leaves to do so, the combined length of the leaves to be determined by the physician, but may not exceed 24 work hours unless agreed to by the Superintendent or designee. Leave taken by employees at a District-designated donation alternative (such as a District-sponsored blood drive at the workplace) must be paid leave that is provided without requiring the employee to use accumulated vacation, personal, sick, or other leave time. Allow its employees without use of accumulated leave time to donate blood during work hours at least two times per year at a convenient time and place set by the Superintendent or designee, including allowing an employee to participate in a blood drive at the District.
The leave may not exceed three hours unless agreed to by the Superintendent or designee orĢ. Grant three hours of unpaid leave of absence in any 12-month period to an employee who seeks to donate blood off-premises. This leave will be excused leave and will not be charged against any other leave to which the employee is entitled.ġ. This leave will be provided without loss of seniority, compensation, sick leave, vacation leave, or other overtime compensation to which the volunteer is otherwise entitled.Įmployees will be granted up to four hours of paid leave on an annual basis to undertake a screening for cancer. Upon presentation of a written request from the American Red Cross and with the approval of the Superintendent, employees certified by the American Red Cross as disaster volunteers will be granted leave from work with pay for up to 20 days in any calendar year to participate in specialized disaster relief operations. Other leaves of absence include, but are not limited to, the following: Leaves of absence, unpaid, not covered above.Ī) Unpaid leaves of absence cannot be used to expend vacation periods, to take vacations, to engage in other occupations, or to provide additional personal leaves, except that the Superintendent will have discretion, where circumstances warrant, to approve leaves of absence for those purposes.ī) Unpaid leaves of absence will not be granted unless the services of a substitute employee, satisfactory in the discretion of the Superintendent, can be secured.Ĭ) Except where it interferes with an employee's legal or contractual rights, the timing of unpaid leaves of absence will be granted at the convenience of the District. The purpose or conditions of a leave of absence may not be altered except by permission of the Superintendent, as expressed in writing.Ī) Employees who are members of a negotiating unit:Īuthorization is granted to approve requests for leaves of absence submitted in accordance with provisions of contracts in effect between the District and each bargaining unit.ī) Employees who are not members of a negotiating unitĪuthorization is granted to approve requests for leaves of absence submitted by these employees where the requests are consistent with provisions of contracts in effect between the District and the bargaining unit most compatible with the employment status of the employee.Ĭ) Employees who are under contract to the District:Īuthorization is granted to implement provisions for leaves of absence contained in each contract. Where a leave of absence is falsely requested or improperly used, the Board may undertake appropriate disciplinary action. The Board reserves the right to grant leaves of absence for purposes or under conditions not contemplated or considered in the policy statement. In general, leaves of absence will be administered by the Superintendent.
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