Family Care Leave. A. Upon written application to the supervisor, including a statement of any reasons, a bargaining unit member who has given at least two (2) weeks prior notice of his/her anticipated date of departure and who has given notice of his/her intention to return, may be granted family/care leave for a period not exceeding ten (10) weeks. Such leave shall be without pay or benefits for such period. The supervisor may in his/her discretion assign a bargaining unit member to replace a bargaining unit member who is on family/care leave. Such assignment may not be subject to the Grievance and Arbitration Procedure, in Article 7. The purpose for which a bargaining unit member may submit his/her application for family care leave shall be limited to the need to care for, or to make arrangements for the care of, the bargaining unit member's spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, relative living in the same household, or child, whether or not the child is the natural, adopted, xxxxxx, stepchild, or child under legal guardianship of the bargaining unit member.
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