Child-Rearing/Adoption Leave. 1. Child-rearing/adoption leave is leave without pay for either male or female employees providing child care.
Child-Rearing/Adoption Leave. Child-rearing/adoption leave is leave without pay for either male or female employees for the purpose of providing childcare. Said leave shall commence upon the termination of a temporary disability leave related to pregnancy, or upon receiving de facto custody of an infant or preschool child. The employee shall advise the Superintendent as soon as practicable prior to assuming custody of the child.
Child-Rearing/Adoption Leave. 1. In the case of the birth of a child or the placement of a child under the age of five (5) for adoption, or obtaining legal custody for a child under five, any Teacher shall have the right, upon application, to leave for the purpose of child rearing. Said Child Rearing/Adoption Leave shall be without pay. In any case where both parents of such child are Teachers in the Westfield Public Schools, only one (l) parent shall be entitled to such Child Rearing/Adoption Leave at any one time.
Child-Rearing/Adoption Leave. 1. a. A professional employee with PTS or a professional employee without PTS who has completed one (1) year of employment shall be entitled to an unpaid or paid leave if there is accumulated sick leave available for the period not exceeding eight (8) weeks for the purpose of adopting a child. Said employee must give to the employer at least two (2) weeks' notice, if possible, of the anticipated date of departure and intention to return. b. An employee with PTS who adopts a child shall, upon request, be allowed an unpaid leave of absence of two (2) school years for the purpose of child rearing for the years immediately following the adoption, provided that if the professional employee exercises this alternative he/she may not return during the two (2) year leave of absence without the approval of the Superintendent of Schools whose decision shall be final; and provided further that the professional employee will be assigned to as nearly as comparable a position as possible and will not be assured of the opportunity to return to his/her former position. Said leave may be applied for in increments of one (1) year. If the leave of absence does not coincide with the start of the school year in September, employees whose leave commences within the first ninety-two (92) days of the school year will have that year count as the first full year of a leave of absence. If the employee's leave commences after the ninety-second (92nd) day of the school year, the remainder of the year will not count toward the two-year leave of absence.
