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CSSBA and CSSEA - <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Living</strong> <strong>Services</strong> (03/2012) Page 29<br />

20.2 Special Leave<br />

Where leave from work is required, a regular employee who has completed probation will be entitled to<br />

special leave without pay to a maximum of 10 days per year for the following:<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

Marriage of the employee ......................................................................... five days;<br />

Birth or adoption of the employee's child ................................................. two days;<br />

(c) Serious household or domestic emergency including illness in<br />

the employee's immediate family where no one in the employee's home<br />

other than the employee can provide for the care of the ill immediate<br />

family member ................................................................................................... up to two days;<br />

(d)<br />

(e)<br />

(f)<br />

(g)<br />

Attend wedding of employee's child ........................................................ one day;<br />

Moving household furniture and effects .................................................. one day;<br />

Attend their formal hearing to become a Canadian citizen ...................... one day;<br />

Court appearance for hearing of employee's child ................................... one day;<br />

(h) An employee is entitled to up to five days of unpaid leave during each employment year to meet<br />

responsibilities related to:<br />

(1) the care, health or education of a child in the employee's care, or<br />

(2) the care or health of any other member of the employee's immediate family;<br />

(i) In the event of the death of the employee's friend or other relative or to attend as a pallbearer or<br />

mourner, the employee will be entitled to leave for up to one day for the purpose of attending the<br />

funeral or other ceremonial occasion.<br />

Employees may utilize their vacation and paid banks, excluding sick leave, for the purposes of (c) and (h)<br />

above.<br />

20.3 Full-Time Union or Public Duties<br />

The Employer will grant, on written request, leave of absence without pay:<br />

(a) for employees to seek election in a municipal, provincial, federal, first nation or other Aboriginal<br />

election, for a maximum period of 90 days;<br />

(b) for employees selected for a paid position with the Union or anybody to which the Union is<br />

affiliated for a period of up to one year and will be renewed upon request of the Union;<br />

(c)<br />

for employees elected to a public office for a maximum period of five years;<br />

(d) for an employee elected to a full-time position of the Union or anybody to which the Union is<br />

affiliated, the leave will be for the period of the term and will be renewed upon request of the Union;<br />

(e) for an employee appointed or elected to a full-time position with a first nation or other Aboriginal<br />

organization, the leave will be for the period of the term and will be renewed upon request of the Union.<br />

20.4 Leave for Court Appearances<br />

(a) The Employer will grant leave without loss of pay to employees, other than employees on leave<br />

without pay, who serve as jurors or witnesses in a court action, provided such court action is not<br />

occasioned by the employee's private affairs. The Employer will pay all related travel costs not paid for<br />

by the Courts.

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