Common use of Shared Leave Program Clause in Contracts

Shared Leave Program. 1. Employees may participate in the state's shared leave program in accordance with RCW 41.04.650 and College procedure. Under the provisions of this program, the College shall receive and process requests for leave sharing. Shared leave may be requested and shared to aid another employee who: a. is suffering from or has a relative or household member suffering from an extraordinary or severe illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition. b. is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, c. has been called to service in the uniformed services, d. is responding to a state of emergency anywhere within the United States declared by the federal or state government, or, e. for employees who are sick or temporarily disabled because of pregnancy disability or for the purposes of parental leave to bond with the employee’s newborn, adoptive or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child. 2. An employee is not required to deplete all of their sick leave before receiving shared leave for the purposes of pregnancy disability or for parental leave and may maintain up to forty (40) hours of sick leave in reserve. 3. Employees may request or use shared leave for parental leave to up to sixteen (16) weeks after the birth or placement of a child. 4. The College will determine the amount of leave, if any, which an employee may receive. However, an employee will not receive more than five hundred twenty-two (522) days of shared leave, except that, the College may authorize leave in excess of five hundred twenty- two (522) days in extraordinary circumstances for an employee qualifying for the program because he or she is suffering from an illness, injury, impairment or physical or mental condition which is of an extraordinary or severe nature.