Religious Leave of Faith and Conscience. Each employee is entitled to use vacation or discretionary leave to observe religious holy days. In addition, employees are permitted to use two (2) emergency leave days (Section 10.1.2) or two (2) unpaid days per calendar year for a reason of faith or conscience or an organized activity under the auspices of a religious denomination, church, or religious organization. The two (2) holidays allowed by this Section must be taken during the employee’s contract year if at all; they do not carry forward from one year to the next. An employee must submit a written request for a religious holy day provided for in this Section to the employee’s supervisor a minimum of seven (7) work days prior to the requested holy days. The employee may select the days on which the employee desires to take the two (2) holy days after consultation with his or her supervisor. If an employee prefers to take the two
Religious Leave of Faith and Conscience. Each employee is entitled to use vacation or discretionary leave to observe religious holy days. In addition, employees are permitted to use two (2) emergency leave days (Section 10.1.2) or two (2) unpaid days per calendar year for a reason of faith or conscience or an organized activity under the auspices of a religious denomination, church, or religious organization. The two (2) holidays allowed by this Section must be taken during the employee’s contract year if at all; they do not carry forward from one year to the next.
