Temporary Disability Leave (Sick Leave. A pregnant unit member shall be granted temporary disability leave of absence for disabilities associated with pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, or recovery from these on the same basis as leave granted for any illness or injury. The unit member and her physician or practitioner shall determine as far in advance of the anticipated date of childbirth as is feasible, the date on which her pregnancy will disable her from the performance of her duties and report that date to her supervisor in order that substitute services may be arranged and the educational program will suffer the least interruption. Similarly, the unit member and her physician or practitioner shall determine and report the date on which she is likely to be physically capable of returning to the duties following the termination of her pregnancy.
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