Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA - leave is protected)
FMLA is for employees employed by the District for 12 months, and the employee has worked 1250 hours in the 12 months immediately preceding the need for leave. If this leave is for maternity, illness of a member of the immediate family (mother, father, spouse, and children) or illness of self. The term parent does NOT include a parent “in-law”. The term son or daughter does include individuals 18 years or over, if they are “incapable of self-care” because of mental or physical disability that limits one or more of the “major life activities”.
Maximum duration: 12 work weeks
Intermittent or Reduced Schedule Leave
The District shall not permit use of intermittent or reduced schedule FMLA leave for the care of a newborn child or for the adoption or placement of a child with the employee. [See DECA(LEGAL) for use of intermittent or reduced schedule leave due to a medical necessity.]
Maximum duration: 60 workdays
Temporary Disability Leave (TDL - leave is not protected)
This leave is only for full-time employees who have exhausted FMLA or have been with the District less than one year. This leave is for the illness of the employee only.
Maximum duration: 180 calendar days
**All leaves are unpaid unless the employee has acculated local and state days for pay.