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An employee
who serves on jury duty shall receive his/her regular salary
only if he/she remits the amount received for such duty to the
CSU. Payment for travel expenses and subsistence received by
the employee need not be remitted. If the employee elects to
retain the jury duty fees, his/her time off for jury duty is
not compensable. The employee may elect to use vacation or compensatory time off (CTO)
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An hourly employee shall be eligible for time off with pay
for jury duty only for those hours he/she was scheduled to
work.
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An employee
who is called for jury duty shall promptly notify the appropriate
administrator and shall make efforts to arrange jury duty at
a time least disruptive to his/her work schedule. |
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The employee is required to notify in writing the appropriate
administrator prior to taking leave for jury duty. Verification
of actual service for jury duty shall be provided by the employee
when requested by the appropriate administrator.
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Emergency
military leave, temporary military leave, and indefinite military
leave shall be granted to eligible employees in accordance with
state and federal law. This provision shall not be subject to
Article 10, Grievance Procedure, of this Agreement. |
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Employees
serving as court-subpoenaed witnesses or expert witnesses in
the interest of the CSU shall seek the payment of witness fees.
Whenever possible, employees shall confer with the attorney
requesting their appearance to determine whether certified copies
of appropriate documents would be suitable and would eliminate
the need for a court appearance. |
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An employee
who is absent as a court-subpoenaed witness or expert witness
in the interest of the CSU shall be paid the normal salary for
the corresponding period of absence. All court fees (except
personal travel and/or subsistence payments) shall be remitted
to the CSU. If the employee does not remit such fees, an amount
equal to the fees shall be deducted from the employee's salary.
No vacation or CTO shall be used in
such cases. |
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An employee
who is party to a suit or who is an expert witness not serving
in the interest of the CSU shall appear on his/her own time
and may seek the payment of witness fees. The employee shall
be charged vacation or CTO, and if no vacation or CTO is available,
the employee shall be docked for the period of absence. |
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For
each death of a significantly close person, upon request to
the President, the employee shall be granted five (5) days leave
with pay. |
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A leave
granted in accordance with provision 20.9 above may be supplemented
in accordance with the bereavement provision in Article 19,
Sick Leave, if requested by the employee. |
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The
term "significantly close person" as used in this
Article shall only mean a spouse, domestic partner, and the employee's or his/her
spouse's or domestic partner's mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, grandchild,
son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, brother, sister,
or person living in the immediate household of the employee
except domestic employees and roomers. |
Citizen's Necessity Leave
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Any
non-citizen unit member who is completing a process for becoming
a U.S. citizen upon written request may be granted two (2) hours
time off without loss of pay to attend oath of allegiance ceremonies. |
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An employee
who would otherwise be unable to vote outside of his/her regular
working hours may be granted up to two (2) hours of worktime
without loss of pay to vote at a general, direct primary, or
presidential primary election. An employee shall be required
to request such leave time from the appropriate administrator
at least two (2) working days prior to the election. |
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An employee
shall be entitled to up to thirty (30) workdays parental leave with pay, which shall commence
within sixty (60) days after the arrival of each new child. However, a maximum benefit of thirty (30)
workdays with pay per calendar year shall be provided in connection
with the placement of one (1) or more foster children with the employee or with the employee's spouse or domestic partner.
Parental leave shall be taken consecutively and in full-day increments unless mutually agreed otherwise by the employee and the appropriate administrator. Such leave runs concurrently with any other related leaves for
which the employee is eligible.
Parental leave shall be provided in connection with either: |
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the birth and ongoing care in the employee's home of a child of the employee, the employee and his/her spouse, or the employee and his/her domestic partner; or |
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the placement of a child in the employee's home, for the purpose of adoption or foster care, with the employee, the employee and his/her spouse, or the employee and his/her domestic partner. |
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An exception to the requirement for the child to be in the employee's home shall be made when the employee provides documentation that the child is in the hospital or the child is with the spouse or domestic partner in another location and the employee is going to that location to care for the child. |
Organ and Bone Marrow Donor Leave |
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Upon presentation of written verification that they are organ or bone marrow donors and there is a medical necessity for the donation, employees who have exhausted all available sick leave are eligible for the following leaves of absence with pay: |
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A paid leave of absence not exceeding thirty (30) consecutive calendar days in any one-year period to any employee who is donating his or her organ to another person. |
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A paid leave of absence not exceeding five (5) consecutive calendar days in any one-year period to any employee who is donating his or her bone marrow to another person. |
