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Southwestern
Community College - Policies and Procedures Manual |
| Policy
Title: |
Child
Involvement Leave |
4.40 |
| Responsible
Division: |
Administrative
Services |
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| Date
Approved: |
July
2002 |
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a. |
Purpose
- The purpose of child involvement leave
is to promote employees’ involvement in the
education of youth and to promote employees’
assistance to schools. Employees may take leave
under this policy to: |
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| 1. |
Meet
with a teacher or administrator of any elementary
school, middle school, high school or child
care program authorized to operate under the
laws of the state of North Carolina concerning
the employee’s children, step-children,
or children over whom the employee has custody. |
| 2. |
Attend
any function sponsored by the school or child
care program as defined in subparagraph a.
above in which the children, step-children,
or children over whom the employee has custody
are participating. This provision shall only
be utilized in conjunction with non-athletic
programs that are a part of or supplement
to the school’s or day care’s
academic or artistic program. |
| 3. |
To
perform, by any employee, without regard to
parental status, school-approved volunteer
work approved by a teacher, school administrator,
or program administrator. |
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b. |
Amount
of Leave
| 1. |
Full-time
employees may take up to eight (8) hours of
paid leave each calendar year regardless of
the number of children. The eight hours of
leave will be credited to employees on January
1st of each year. |
| 2. |
New
employees will receive prorated at the rate
of 45 minutes per month immediately upon employment.
Employees hired on or before the 15th of the
month will earn leave for the month. Employees
hired on or after the 16th of the month will
not earn leave for the month. |
| 3.
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For
each leave period requested, leave shall be
taken in units of no less than one hour and
in quarter hour increments thereafter. |
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c. |
Approval
of Leave
| 1. |
Employees
must receive approval from their immediate
supervisor to use this leave. The college
may require acceptable proof that leave taken
is within the purpose of this policy. |
| 2. |
Leave,
not to exceed eight hours, may be granted
for the period of time away from work as requested
by the employee. The college will endeavor
to grant the leave as requested by the employee;
but, based on the needs of the college, may
require that the leave be taken at a different
time. |
| 3. |
Leave
not taken in a calendar year in which it is
earned will be forfeited. |
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