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B. L EAVES FOR A CADEMIC E MPLOYEES Education Code section 87763 explicitly authorizes district governing boards to grant academic employees leaves of absence. Further, Section 87764 provides that governing boards are empowered to grant leaves of absence for purposes additional periods of time, with or without pay, beyond those mandated or authorized by statute, so long as the board does not deprive any employee of any leave of absence to which he or she is entitled by law. Leaves of absence do not constitute a break in employment. 124 However, if a contract employee takes an unpaid leave of absence, the time taken is not counted as time spent as a probationary employee. 125 1. I NDUSTRIAL I NJURY L EAVE Education Code section 87787 imposes on community college district governing boards the obligation to provide rules and regulations for industrial accident and illness leaves of absence for all academic employees. Further, if the governing board fails to adopt appropriate rules and regulations, an employee is entitled to industrial accident or illness leave as provided in this section but without limitation on the number of days of leave. The district rules or regulations must include the following provisions:

 Education Code section 87787, subdivision (a): Allowable leave shall be for not less than 60 days during which the schools of the district are required to be in session or when the employee would otherwise have been performing work for the district in any one fiscal year for the same accident.  Education Code section 87787, subdivision (b): Allowable leave shall not be accumulated from year to year.  Education Code section 87787, subdivision (c): Industrial accident or illness leave shall commence on the first day of absence.  Education Code section 87787, subdivision (d): When an academic employee is absent from his or her duties on account of an industrial accident or illness, the employee shall be paid the portion of the salary due him or her for any month in which the absence occurs as, when added to his or her temporary disability indemnity under Labor Code sections 3201 et seq. and 6100 et seq. , will result in a payment to the employee of not more than his or her full salary. employee’s “average weekly earnings” as that phrase is used in Labor Code section 4453. The maximum and minimum average weekly earnings set forth in Labor Code section 4453 shall otherwise not be deemed applicable.  Education Code section 87787, subdivision (e): Industrial accident or illness leave shall be reduced by one day for each day of authorized absence regardless of a temporary disability indemnity award.  “Full salary” shall be computed so that it shall not be less than the

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