Maternity Leave
Maternity leave for all school board
employees is now considered as sick leave for pay purposes. An employee who
misses work due to maternity reasons will be granted sick leave pay providing
the following conditions are met.
An employee must complete a
preliminary' application for maternity leave as soon as pregnancy has been
ascertained. This application will allow the principal to make plans in
advance of the employee's departure for maternity leave. The dates on the
application for maternity' leave will be considered tentative and subject to
change later under provisions in a and
b below.
a.
An employee going on maternity leave must present her principal and the personnel administrator with a statement
from her attending physician as to when in her pregnancy the employee must begin
maternity leave for
b.
The employee on maternity leave must present to her principal and the
personnel administrator a statement from her attending physician as to the
earliest date, after delivery of the baby, on which the employee may return to
work.
A teacher on maternity leave will
receive full pay for her accrued number
of sick leave days. A teacher on maternity leave who has no
accrued sick leave or who exhausts her accrued sick leave days while
on maternity leave will be paid according to the Extended
Sick Leave Policy.
Maternity leave under (a) and b starting and terminating conditions
will result in the non-teaching employee receiving full pay for the days
of leave equivalent to the accrued days of sick leave of the employee.
Should the non-teaching employee have no accrued sick leave days when beginning
maternity leave, or should the non-teaching employee exhaust her accrued days of
sick leave while on maternity leave, then all pay will terminate for the
duration of the leave and until the non-teaching employee returns to her
position in keeping. with the provisions under (b) above.
Teachers on maternity leave will be reported-to the School Board office
on the Principal's. Monthly Report in the same manner as are absences of
teachers who are ill.
Non-teaching employees on maternity leave will-be reported by the
principal of the school involved. This letter will be addressed to the
Superintendent.
Download Maternity Leave Application (pdf form - need Adobe Acrobat Reader)