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Bereavement Leave

All benefit-eligible employees are eligible for bereavement leave. Employees will be granted up to three working days leave of absence with pay for the purpose of attending or making arrangements in the event of a death in the immediate family (spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, sister, stepsister, brother, stepbrother, sibling of spouse, mother-in-law, father-inlaw, grandparent, step grandparent, grandchild, step grandchild). An additional two days of paid leave may be granted under certain circumstances, e.g.

Election Judge Wages

Employees may be absent from work to serve as election judges. The College will pay the differential between election judge pay and regular wages. Twenty days’ written notice is required, accompanied by a certification from the appointing authority stating the hourly compensation to be paid to the employee for service as an election judge and the hours during which the employee will serve.

Political Leaves

An employee who is entitled to attend a major political party precinct caucus is permitted to take unpaid time off to attend. Ten days’ written notice is required. Employees may take unpaid time off to attend any meeting of the state central committee or executive committee of a major political party if the employee is a member of the committee. Unpaid time off can also be granted to attend any convention of a major political party if the employee is a delegate or alternate delegate.

Time Off for Voting

Employees may take reasonable time off to vote without penalty or deduction from salary or wages. Time off may be taken to vote in regularly scheduled state primaries or general elections, an election to fill the vacancy in the office of U.S. senator or U.S. representative, an election to fill the vacancy in the office of state senator or state representative, or a presidential primary. Requests for time off to vote should be made to supervisors in advance.

Unpaid Personal Leave

In the event an employee is not eligible for FMLA or other leaves, and/or has exhausted available paid time (such as vacation, sick, and personal holiday), they must submit an Unpaid Leave Request Form to their department supervisor and HR. Such leaves may be granted on a case-by-case basis. After three months of employment, employees may request a non-medical leave of absence.

Bone Marrow/Organ Donation Leave

Employees who work at least twenty hours per week will be granted a paid leave of absence of up to forty hours if they seek to undergo a medical procedure to donate bone marrow or an organ. This leave may be taken on an intermittent basis. Employees must notify their supervisor, in advance, of the length of the leave, and notify HR so the appropriate steps and documentation can begin. A document from the physician verifying the purpose and length of the leave will be required.

School Conferences & Activities Leave

Employees may be granted up to sixteen hours per year to attend school conferences or school-related activities of their children, provided these activities cannot be scheduled during non-work hours.

FMLA

To be eligible for FMLA, an employee needs to have worked for at least one year and 1,250 hours in a rolling calendar year immediately preceding the request. FMLA leave allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks off for the following:

Sick/Sick and Safe Time

Sick Time Accrual: Benefit-eligible employees accrue Sick Time based on hours worked. Sick Time accrues at a rate of one hour for every twenty-one hours worked. Employees can carry over unused Sick Time to the next calendar year up to a maximum accumulation of sixty days.

Holidays

Holidays: All benefit eligible staff are currently eligible for fourteen (14) paid college holidays and awarded up to two (2) personal holidays. Non-benefit eligible employees are not eligible for holiday or personal holiday pay.

College Holidays: Holidays are designated annually by the College. Each year, by November, a memo detailing the holiday schedule for the upcoming year will be released. The dates are also posted on the HR Intranet page.

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