Family Obligation Leave. A member of the bargaining unit may be granted a leave of absence with pay or without pay by the Public Works Director, with th e written approval of th e Director of Human Resources and th e City Manager, for the purpose of attending family obligations in his/ her “ immediate family” [ as defined in Section 1 of this Article] wh en applied for in writing, stating the purpose or reason for such leave on a form provided by th e Human Resources Director.
Family Obligation Leave a) An Employee may be absent up to ten (10) days per year for the following reasons:
Family Obligation Leave a) Relative means, in addition to the employee’s spouse, the child, father, mother, brother, sister and grandparents of the employee or the employee’s spouse as well as those persons’ spouses, their children and their children’s spouses. The following are also considered to be an employee’s relative: - a person having acted, or acting, as a xxxxxx family for the employee or the employee’s spouse;
Family Obligation Leave. 19.01 An employee may be absent from work for 10 days per year to fulfill obligations related to the care, health or education of his child or the child of his spouse due to the state of health of a relative or a person for whom the person acts as a natural caregiver, as must be certified by a professional working in the health and social services sector. These leaves may be divided into days. A day may also be split if the Employer consents. The employer may ask the employee, if the circumstances justify it, particularly with regard to the duration of the absence or the repetitive nature of the absence, to provide him with a document certifying these reasons. The employee must notify the Employer of his / her absence as soon as possible and the reason for it and take the reasonable means at his / her disposal to limit the time taken and the duration of the leave. An employee having accumulated three (3) months of continuous service is entitled to payment for the first two (2) days of leave taken out of the ten (10) days entitled per year. There is a total of two (2) days of paid leave per year to take care of a loved one or a person for whom he or she acts as a natural caregiver in the event of illness or following an organ or tissue donation, an accident, an act of family violence or sexual violence, or a crime.
Family Obligation Leave a. The City will comply with the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) and any regulations for qualifying family and/or medical leave issues. However, employees shall continue to be required to use accrued sick leave for family leave.
Family Obligation Leave a) An employee may be absent from work, without pay, during ten (10) days per year to fulfill obligations related to the care, health or education of her/his child or the child of her/his spouse, or due to the state of health of her/his spouse, father, mother, brother, sister or one of her/his grandparents. From these ten (10) days, one (1) is taken without loss of pay, and the others are without pay. These leaves may be divided into days. Days may also be divided with the authorization of the employee’s immediate supervisor. The employee must notify her/his immediate supervisor as soon as possible and take all reasonable means to limit the taking and duration of these leaves. With the exception of the first day of leave, the employee can, after agreement with her/his immediate supervisor, work compensatory hours, in which case the subsequent leaves are without loss of pay.
