Common use of LEAVE PAY Clause in Contracts

LEAVE PAY. A. Qualified employees will receive terminal pay, based on the table below, upon retirement, death, or resignation due to illness, from the Birmingham School System. To qualify for terminal pay, the employee must have been employed for a minimum of fifteen (15) consecutive years on behalf of the Birmingham School System, must work full time, and must have reached the age where the employee is eligible for retirement benefits from the Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement Fund. An employee who qualifies for terminal pay shall receive $4,500 after fifteen (15) years of service and then according to the chart below in Section B, to a maximum of $9,000. These amounts will be paid only upon retirement, death, or resignation due to illness. In the event of death, full retirement terminal pay will be paid to the beneficiary of the employee. B. Consecutive years of service is defined as a continuous period, during which time the employee fulfills the rules and regulations of the Board of Education policy for employment. Leave of absence will not count as credit towards the minimum fifteen (15) years of employment; however, such leave will sustain the employee's eligibility toward qualification. Retirement shall be defined as the discontinuance of employment in any Michigan public school system, and upon receipt of retirement payments from the Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement Fund. C. Upon retirement, the employee must take the initiative of notifying the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources if he or she is eligible for the retirement terminal pay. The Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources will check the official school records and forward to the employee and to the Assistant Superintendent for Business Services the outcome. If an employee is eligible, the Finance Department will determine the amount of terminal pay and inform the applicant. Terminal pay will not be paid until the applicant shows evidence that he or she has actually received payments under the Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement Fund law. D. Regular part time employees will be able to participate under this Article on a pro-rata basis. The basis for pro- ration shall be the length of the working day and the length of the service year.

LEAVE PAY. A. Qualified employees will receive terminal payAll bargaining unit members absent from duty on account of illness or any other approved reason that have been in the employ of the Board shall be allowed payment, based on upon Article X, b, for a maximum total of thirteen Paid Time Off days per year. The district will maintain yearly totals of paid time off for employees. All previous accumulated sick leave/personal leave will now be referred to as Paid Time Off or PTO. PTO (Paid Time Off) Defined a. Employees do not have to request approval for PTO, for a one time annual request, up to four (4) consecutive days of absence, unless the table belowdays of absence are connected to a scheduled school vacation (ARTICLE XII - LEAVES OF ABSENCE) If the four (4) consecutive days are connected to scheduled school vacation, upon retirementthen the fifteen percent (15%) of the building staff rule is in effect and would require building administrator approval, deathup to 120 days. b. Effective 2021-2022 school year those bargaining unit members over 120 days will be grandfathered. c. Employees in need of more than four (4) consecutive days of absence must notify their administrator for approval, unless the reason for the request qualifies as family leave (See Family Leave Section). Requests for “extended” PTO time should be for major events that are a one-time request. d. Requests for unpaid leaves of absence must be approved by the superintendent or resignation due to illness, designee. B. If a bargaining unit member retires from the Birmingham School System. To qualify for terminal pay, St. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Community Schools under the employee must have been employed for a minimum provisions of fifteen (15) consecutive years on behalf of the Birmingham School System, must work full time, and must have reached the age where the employee is eligible for retirement benefits from the Michigan Public School Employees' Schools Retirement FundProgram, and provides advance notice of such retirement to the District as set forth below, he/she shall receive: 1. An employee who qualifies Early notification of retirement by the end of first semester, sixty dollars ($60) per day for terminal pay their total number of unused PTO days as of the end of the school year, if the teacher provides an irrevocable notification of retirement in writing to the superintendent by the end of the first semester. 2. fifty dollars ($50) per day for their total number of unused PTO days as of the end of the school year, if the teacher provides an irrevocable notification of retirement in writing to the superintendent 90 days in advance in advance of the last day of school. 3. forty dollars ($40) per day for their total number of unused PTO days as of the end of the school year, if the teacher provides an irrevocable notification of retirement in writing to the superintendent 60 days in advance of the last day of school. 4. thirty dollars ($30) per day for their total number of unused PTO days as of the end of the school year, if the teacher provides an irrevocable notification of retirement in writing to the superintendent 30 days in advance of the last day of school. 5. If a teacher retires from the St. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Community Schools under the provisions of the Michigan Public Schools Retirement Program and does not meet the advance notice requirements set forth above he/she shall receive twenty dollars ($4,500 after fifteen (1520) years per day for their total number of service unused PTO. 6. Upon the death of an employee the unused and then according to the chart below in Section B, to a maximum portion of $9,000. These amounts will be her/his accrued paid only upon retirement, death, or resignation due to illness. In the event of death, full retirement terminal pay will time off shall be paid to the beneficiary his estate at a rate of the employeefifty dollars ($50) per day for their total number of unused PTO days. B. Consecutive years 7. Teachers leaving the district, upon severance shall receive twenty dollars ($20) per day for their total number of service is defined as a continuous period, during which time the employee fulfills the rules and regulations of the Board of Education policy for employment. Leave of absence will not count as credit towards the minimum fifteen (15) years of employment; however, such leave will sustain the employee's eligibility toward qualification. Retirement shall be defined as the discontinuance of employment in any Michigan public school system, and upon receipt of retirement payments from the Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement Fundunused PTO. C. Upon retirement, the employee must take the initiative of notifying the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources if he or she is eligible for the retirement terminal pay8. The Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources will check the official school records and forward to the employee and to the Assistant Superintendent for Business Services the outcome. If an employee is eligible, the Finance Department will determine the amount of terminal pay and inform the applicant. Terminal pay will Teachers terminated from service shall not be paid until the applicant shows evidence that he or she has actually received payments under the Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement Fund law. D. Regular part time employees eligible to redeem unused PTO. Payment for unused PTO days will be able to participate under this Article made on a pro-rata basis. The basis for pro- ration shall be the length of the working day and the length of the service yearfirst payroll after July 1st following retirement.

LEAVE PAY. A. Qualified employees will receive terminal pay, based on the table below, upon retirement, death, or resignation due to illness, from the Birmingham School System. To qualify for terminal pay, the employee must have been employed for a minimum of fifteen (15) consecutive years on behalf of the Birmingham School System, must work full time, and must have reached the age where the employee is eligible for retirement benefits from the Michigan Public School Employees' Office of Retirement FundServices (ORS). An employee who qualifies for terminal pay shall receive $4,500 after fifteen (15) years of service and then according to the chart below in Section B, to a maximum of $9,000. These amounts will be paid only upon retirement, death, or resignation due to illness. In the event of death, full retirement terminal pay will be paid to the beneficiary of the employee. B. Consecutive years of service is defined as a continuous period, during which time the employee fulfills the rules and regulations of the Board of Education policy for employment. Leave of absence will not count as credit towards the minimum fifteen (15) years of employment; however, such leave will sustain the employee's eligibility toward qualification. Retirement shall be defined as the discontinuance of employment in any Michigan public school system, and upon receipt of retirement payments from the Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement Fund. C. Upon retirement, the employee must take the initiative of notifying the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources if he or she is eligible for the retirement terminal pay. The Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources will check the official school records and forward to the employee and to the Assistant Superintendent for Business Services the outcome. If an employee is eligible, the Finance Department will determine the amount of terminal pay and inform the applicant. Terminal pay will not be paid until the applicant shows evidence that he or she has actually received payments under the Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement Fund law. D. Regular part time employees will be able to participate under this Article on a pro-rata basis. The basis for pro- ration shall be the length of the working day and the length of the service year.