Sentences with phrase «unpaid leave»

Any eligible employee is allowed to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave on an intermittent basis.

According to the district, 86 teachers were placed on unpaid leave after they were unable to secure a position.

From 2000 onwards, he took unpaid leave of three to four weeks each year.

It allows up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for both the mother and the father who are considered eligible.

It can also provide financial support while surviving members of the family take unpaid leave from work.

Federal law gives you the right to receive unpaid leave in these circumstances, since taking care of your health or the well - being of your loved ones always comes first.

For families with 2 or more children, the mother can take an additional 2.5 years of unpaid leave with job protection, and the father can take an additional 6 months.

Employers may determine not to pay employees who are unable to attend work, seeking to treat such periods as unpaid leave.

Consider asking for leave and getting approval early in the pregnancy, even if you're not sure you'll want to or be able to take unpaid leave when the time comes.

So, we were forced to take two days of unpaid leave per pay period for a total of like six pay periods, so basically a 20 % cut for three months.

They also want to explore offering unpaid leave for grandparents wishing to be involved in childcare.

Federal law requires only unpaid leave for the birth or adoption of a child.

One possible solution more broadly would be state or federal laws requiring paid family leave, enabling the pilots to take a longer unpaid leave without losing as much income.

How about an additional 10 weeks of protected unpaid leave within the first year?

I hear you about having limited vacation time with jobs, I would take time out and unpaid leave just so we could travel before we had kids.

And, more importantly, employers need to make opportunities for paid or unpaid leave available to men and women equally.

The government requested $ 2 billion in wage cuts within the civil service through forced unpaid leave — and the judiciary was not exempt from this request.

There will be a right to request unpaid leave for training for all employees irrespective of the size of the business.

If they can not find a spot in a year, they are placed on unpaid leave.

Many parents can not afford to take unpaid leave and end up going back to work earlier than 12 weeks, leaving new parents looking for child care for their infant.

Benefits may include paid or unpaid leave when a child arrives in the home, reimbursement of some portion of adoption expenses, or assistance with adoption services.

By contrast, in - store employees who become new moms get six weeks of paid leave, while dads get nothing beyond the federally - mandated 12 weeks of unpaid leave.

Under the proposed reforms, employees would be entitled to a new type of 104 - week unpaid Leave for Death of a Child.

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled in a case brought by teachers who were unhappy with a new law that makes it possible for experienced teachers to be put on unpaid leave if no schools want to give them a job.

The sheriff's letter added the officer present on the school campus was Scot Peterson, who resigned after he was placed on unpaid leave following the incident.

The Hudson Valley Democrat says while our country guarantees unpaid leave, many people can't afford to go without a paycheck.

Levinsohn had been placed on unpaid leave last month while Tronc looked into sexual harassment allegations in previous executive roles at other companies.

For most women, taking time off is not a realistic option, either because their employers won't grant them anything beyond the 12 weeks of unpaid leave mandated by federal law or because they couldn't afford to take time off even if it were available.

Dutch employment law, for example, entitles working women to 16 weeks of paid zwangerschapsverlof, men to 2 days of paid vaderschapsverlof, and both parents to 6 months of additional unpaid leave with job protection.

Based on national data for 16 European countries gathered from 1969 to 1994, Ruhm21, 22 has suggested that longer periods of paid parental leave (but not unpaid leave) are associated with reduced rates of infant mortality.

Outside of the partnership, the firm is asking all staff to take two weeks» unpaid leave at some point between June and the end of September — equating to a pay cut of around 5 %.

WASHINGTON — The House last week failed to override President Bush's veto of a measure that would have required large firms to grant workers unpaid leave for family medical emergencies.

Clare Gilroy - Scott, partner at Goodman Derrick, who represents King, said: «This case is of importance in clarifying that workers who are denied their entitlement under the Working Time Regulations to paid annual leave do not have to take a period of unpaid leave first before taking legal action to receive pay for that leave.

United Parcel Service abided by the latter interpretation in 2006, when it denied former truck driver Peggy Young's request for light duty during her pregnancy, which forced her into unpaid leave.

«This is where the federal government might play a useful role in getting the provinces to examine their own legislation around unpaid leave.»

Some enlightened employers give dads unpaid leave to attend two antenatal appointments; from 2015 this will become a legal right.

For a mother able to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave afforded by the Family & Medical Leave Act, the last 3 months in baby bliss may instead feel like 3 short weeks, but regardless of the maternity leave length, the end of that special period arouses many emotions, especially for a nursing mother.

Current United States maternity leave policy is directed by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), which includes a provision mandating 12 weeks of unpaid leave annually for mothers of newborn or newly adopted children.

If your company doesn't offer paid maternity leave, and you can't afford to take unpaid leave try to work out a flexible schedule where you might be able to work from home several days per week for the first six weeks after your baby's birth, or possibly ask to work part time for a period of time.

New York Racing Association President and CEO Charlie Hayward, along with General Counsel Patrick Kehoe have been put on unpaid leave pending further review as the controversy surrounding the incorrect takeout rates grew today.

Two weeks later, Salzmann's hand - picked replacement, Assistant Chief Chris Rea, was placed on unpaid leave over, Gallo said, the same «issues of time and attendance.»

Biryla says even the federal Medical Leave Act, which allows unpaid leave, exempts businesses with less than 50 employees.

«It was clear to us that the only route we could take, and should take, is to put him on unpaid leave immediately,» Katko said of Connellan.

Some colleagues, he says, may ultimately choose to go elsewhere rather than take indefinite unpaid leave.

Unpaid leave effectively guarantees that when that teacher does find another teaching job, their new salary and benefits build upon their former salary.