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purpose starting at any time from the date the adoptive child is placed

with the family to the effective date of the adoption.*

In general, the guidelines for leave of absence for child care for adoptive
parents are the same as those governing leave for child care for birth parents.

During a period of leave for child care, employees shall be permitted, upon
request, to use annual leave, personal leave and overtime credits before

being granted leave without pay. However, agencies shall not require that
employees exhaust all appropriate leave credits before being granted leave

without pay for child care. The seven month period of such leave is not
extended by the use of accrued leave credits.

An adoptive parent who requests a leave of absence for child care purposes
of less than seven months is entitled to have such leave extended, upon

request, up to the seven month maximum.
If both adoptive parents are State employees, one parent may elect to take

the entire leave, or the parents may choose to divide the leave time with each
entitled to one continuous period of leave as long as it does not exceed a

combined total of seven months of leave.
Agencies may, in their discretion, approve other arrangements for shared

leave and may as a matter of discretion extend leave for child care for
adoptive parents beyond the seven months to which this new policy entitles

them. Furthermore, while one parent is absent on leave for child care,
agencies continue to have the discretion to approve requests from the other

parent for periods of vacation or personal leave, or for family sick leave in
accordance with Sections 21.3(f) and 28.3(f) of the Attendance Rules.

The State’s policy on leave for child care for adoptive parents shall not

be construed to require extension of any employment beyond the time it
would otherwise terminate.
DATED: March 11, 1982

Appendix III
SEASONAL EMPLOYEES

The contents of this Appendix shall apply to employees appointed to
seasonal positions. For purposes of this Appendix, a seasonal position is

defined, as a position that is not established on a continuous basis

*See Operational Services Unit Contract §10.16.

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