H.6 LEAVES OF ABSENCE
Policy:
The Red River Valley School Division Board of Trustees does not encourage employee personal leaves of absence. The Board understands that under special circumstances, employee personal leaves of absence may be necessary.
Protocol:
Any employee taking any type of leave from his/her employment with The Red River Valley School Division will be required to pay both the employee and employer portion of the life insurance for the duration of the leave period.
An application for leave is not a guarantee that a leave will be granted. Approval of leaves will be subject to the following criteria:
Teaching staff:
Partial leaves will only be considered if it results in staffing for full 1/4 time intervals. This restriction will not apply to clinicians.
After 2 subsequent years of a partial leave, the employee must decide whether to return to the conditions of his/her contract or formally request to have the contract reduced permanently to the part-time allotment.
Extensions to leaves will be considered only if the projected return date coincides with the end of the first half of the school year or the start date of the following year’s school year.
- For Kindergarten to Grade 8 teachers, the first half of the school year ends with the last day before Winter Break.
- For Grade 9 to Grade 12 teachers, the first half of the school year ends with the last day of the first semester.
Extensions beyond a total of 2 consecutive years leave, including Secondments, will not be considered.
Support staff (excluding bus drivers)
All requests for personal leave will be considered by the approving person/persons (as per Procedure below). Request for personal leave for six (6) days or more for the purposes of holidays / vacation will not be considered.
Procedure:
Teaching Staff
Leave considerations will follow the Protocol as outlined in this Policy and the Red River Valley Teachers’ Association Collective Agreement.
Support Staff (excluding bus drivers)
Red River Valley School Division Support Staff are required to get the following approvals before taking a personal leave of absence:
1 – 5 days (application must be made one week in advance of expected leave)
School Support Staff (EA’s, Secretaries, Librarians) Principal approval
Mechanics, Custodians, Custodial Aides Transportation & Maintenance Supervisor approval
6 days or more (application must be made two weeks in advance of expected leave)
Written request and approval from Superintendent & CEO.
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