Annual Leave—Employees are granted 4 days of annual (personal) leave each year. If you do not use these days in a school year, you can carry over 1 day to the next year (you can have have a maximum of 5 days/35hours of Annual Leave at any one time), or you can cash out your Annual Leave days. Annual Leave is cashed out at the 120-day substitute teacher rate, and it is paid on the August paycheck.
Sick Leave—Employees are granted 12 days of sick leave each school year. Unused sick leave carries over to the next year.
Family Care Leave—An employee may use accumulated sick leave and other paid leave to care for a child with a health condition that requires treatment or supervision, or a spouse, parent, parent-in-law, or grandparent of the employee who has a serious health condition or an emergency condition.
Paternity Leave—Spouses/domestic partners are granted 1 day of paternity leave for the birth of a child, and parents are granted 1 day of leave for the adoption of a child. Spouses/domestic partners can use accumulated sick leave to care for the child or the mother after childbirth.
Bereavement Leave—There are many types of bereavement leave granted to employees:
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Up to 3 days in situations in which the attending physician or licensed practitioner deems that death is imminent for a member of the employee's immediate family. The immediate family shall consist of spouse, domestic partner, children, parents, grandparents, and siblings of the employee or spouse/domestic partner.
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Up to 5 days in the event of the death of a member of the immediate family, excluding spouse/domestic partner.
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Up to 10 days in the event of the death of a spouse or partner (as defined by the benefit program).
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Up to 2 additional days will be allowed for travel outside the State of Washington.
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Up to 1 day for attendance at the funeral or memorial service for another relative (non-immediate family) or close personal friend.
There are many other types of compensated and non-compensated leaves available. Consult Article IV of the contract or EEA if you have additional questions. |
