Leaves of Absence

Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and California Family Rights Act (CFRA)

Maternity and Paternity Leave Slide Deck

Maternity and Paternity Leave Overview

Maternity Leave Checklist

Pregnancy-Disability Leave (PDL) Certification Form

Find details on PDL, FMLA, and CFRA here: https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/employment/pdl-bonding-guide/ 

***Starting from your baby’s birth date, you have thirty (30) days to update your benefits and add your baby to your coverage. If needed, please contact the Benefits Department directly to make this change.

Any medical notes should be submitted directly to HR.

Under the FMLA and CFRA, each eligible employee may take up to 12 workweeks of family and medical leave in a 12-month period for the following qualifying reasons:

• Take medical leave for yourself.
• Care for a family member who is seriously ill.
• Bond with a new child.
• Any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that the employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a covered military member on “covered active duty;” or

The FMLA allows 26 workweeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness if the eligible employee is the service member’s spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin (military caregiver leave).

FMLA/CFRA Certification Form

Find details on FMLA and CFRA leave here: https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/employment/family-care-medical-leave-guide/

See the CSEA Collective Bargaining Agreement leaves article and contact HR for more information on other types of leaves.

Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and California Family Rights Act (CFRA)

Maternity and Paternity Leave Slide Deck

Maternity/Paternity Leave Overview

Maternity Leave Checklist

Pregnancy-Disability Leave (PDL) Certification Form

Find details on PDL, FMLA, and CFRA here: https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/employment/pdl-bonding-guide/ 

***Starting from your baby’s birth date, you have thirty (30) days to update your benefits and add your baby to your coverage. If needed, please contact the Benefits Department directly to make this change.

Any medical notes should be submitted directly to HR.

Under the FMLA and CFRA, each eligible employee may take up to 12 workweeks of family and medical leave in a 12-month period for the following qualifying reasons:

• Take medical leave for yourself.
• Care for a family member who is seriously ill.
• Bond with a new child.
• Any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that the employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a covered military member on “covered active duty;” or

The FMLA allows 26 workweeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness if the eligible employee is the service member’s spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin (military caregiver leave).

FMLA/CFRA Certification Form

Find details on FMLA and CFRA leave here: https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/employment/family-care-medical-leave-guide/

See the FCEA Collective Bargaining Agreement leaves article and contact HR for more information on other types of leaves.

FCEA 9.2.6: Personal Unpaid Leave

9.2.6.1 A maximum one (1) year personal unpaid leave may be applied for after five (5) consecutive years of District employment status.

9.2.6.2 An additional one (1) year unpaid leave may be applied for after every subsequent five (5) years of District service.

9.2.6.3 These unpaid leaves may not be accumulated.

9.2.6.4 Applications must be submitted to the Associate Superintendent, Human Resources or designee prior to March 1st, preceding the requested year of leave.

Please submit your leave request through TalentEd Records before March 1st. Select “Available Forms” and choose the “Leave of Absence Request” form.