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designated to be observed as the holiday, part-time annual salaried, hourly

and per diem employees (including those designated as seasonal) eligible

to observe holidays pursuant to Section 10.1 who are employed on a fixed
schedule of at least half time, and for whom Saturday is not a regular

workday, but who are scheduled to work on the Friday immediately
preceding such Saturday holiday, shall be granted holiday leave. The

amount of holiday leave granted shall be equivalent to the number of hours
the employee is regularly scheduled to work on that preceding Friday but

not to exceed one- fifth (1/5) the number of hours in the normal workweek
of full-time State employees.

§10.16 Maternity and Child-Rearing Leave
Maternity and child-rearing leave shall be as provided in the Attendance

Rules and the guidelines for administration of those rules, dated January
28, 1982, which are contained in Appendix I. However, where the child is

required to remain in the hospital following birth, the seven month
mandatory childcare leave shall, upon employee request, commence when

the child is released from the hospital. If a child is required to be admitted
to a hospital for treatment after child care leave has commenced, upon

employee request, childcare leave shall be suspended during a single
continuous period of such hospitalization and that period shall not count

toward calculation of the seven month period. In such cases, any entitlement
to mandatory childcare leave expires one year from the date of birth of the

child.
In cases of legal adoption under Article 7 of the Domestic Relations

Law, leave for child-rearing purposes shall be granted as provided in the

Attendance Rules and the guidelines for administration of those rules, dated
March 11, 1982, which are contained in Appendix II of this Agreement.
However, if a child is required to be admitted to a hospital for treatment

after childcare leave has commenced, upon employee request, childcare

leave shall be suspended during a single continuous period of such
hospitalization and that period shall not count toward calculation of the
seven month period. In such cases, any entitlement to mandatory childcare

leave expires one year from the date the childcare leave originally

commenced.
§10.17 Verification of Physician’s Statement

(a) When the State requires that an employee who has been absent due to

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