§ 43-16. Maternity leave.

A. 

A regular full-time female employee, after having successfully completed her probationary period, shall be granted an 8-week maternity leave without pay, for the purpose of giving birth to a child, adopting a child who is under 18 years of age or adopting a person under the age of 23 who is mentally or physically disabled. The employee must give at least 2 weeks' notice of her anticipated departure date and intention to return to her job.

B. 

Such employee, provided that she has complied with Subsection A above, shall be entitled, at the conclusion of her maternity leave, to return to work at her previous or similar position with the same status she held as of the date her maternity leave commenced, unless other employees with equal length of service and status in the same or similar positions have been laid off due to changes in economic or operating conditions during the period of her maternity leave.

[Amended 5-1-2000 ATM by Art. 15]

C. 

An employee on maternity leave may use her earned sick leave or annual leave. If she has no accrued leave available or her accrued leave expires, she will fall under the provisions of § 43-12, Leave of absence; that is, no provision of this plan will apply, and seniority, sick leave and annual leave will not accrue during this absence.

Amended 4-30-1998 ATM by Art. 4; 5-1-2000 ATM by Art. 15; 5-5-2005 ATM by Art. 32