Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault. 1) California state law requires that employees who are the victims of domestic violence or sexual assault be given time off to provide for the health needs, safety, or welfare of themselves or their child. This includes, but is not limited to, time off for medical treatment, psychological counseling, or other domestic or sexual assault victims’ services, safety planning including relocation, or legal proceedings.
Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault. A unit member who is a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault, as defined in Section 230.1 of the Labor Code, is entitled to take time off to seek medical attention for injuries, obtain psychological counseling, obtain services from a domestic violence shelter, program, or rape crisis center, or to participate in safety planning to increase safety from future domestic violence or sexual assault. As a condition for taking time off, the unit member shall give the District reasonable advance notice of their intention to take time off for any of the purposes summarized above, unless advance notice is not feasible. When an unscheduled absence occurs, the District may not take any action against the unit member if the unit member, within a reasonable time after the absence, provides certification that the absence is a result of domestic violence or sexual assault, in the form of a police report, a court order, or medical documentation. The District is required to maintain the confidentiality of any employee’s request for time off pursuant to provision of this law. The law does not require the District to compensate the unit member for the time taken off under these circumstances, but the unit member may use vacation, personal leave, or other compensating time off that is otherwise available to the employee.
Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault. 1) A unit member who is a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault, as defined in Section 230.1 of the Labor Code, is entitled to take time off to seek medical attention for injuries, obtain psychological counseling, obtain services from a domestic violence shelter, program, or rape crisis center, or to participate in safety planning to increase safety from future domestic violence or sexual assault.
