In order to integrate employee eligible benefits and leave and to ensure that employees are provided with appropriate consultation in a timely manner, it recommended that these procedures be as follows:
Employees should notify their supervisor immediately of any possibility of an absence that would affect their employment and/or personal paid leave. These possibilities include short and long-term illnesses, hospitalization, dependent or family illness, adoption of a child, to care for an employee’s newborn child after birth, developmental leave and sabbatical leave.
Upon notification to the supervisor, the employee and/or supervisor should notify their Location Human Resources office of the impacting leave. A discussion should occur where the employee presents all issues of their pending absence including the beginning date of the leave and the approximate ending date of leave.
All discussions between Human Resources or District Human Resources and the employee are confidential and will only be discussed with the employee, the employee’s supervisor, and if appropriate, the second level supervisor, insurance carriers and retirement agencies.