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209 F - Leaves of Absence
City of Greensboro Personnel Policy Manuał
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accrued sick leave, planned leave without pay, compensatory time, and annual leave time have
sufficient balances to support the time-off. With the department’s approval, she may also use
departmental advanced sick and/or annual leave (up to 80 hours of each for FT; PT employees
are as follows: PT 20, up to forty (40) hours; PT 25, up to fifty (50) hours; PT 30, up to sixty
(60) hours) for the period of temporary disability. With approval of the human resources
director she may also be eligible for donated leave and/or City Manager’s leave for the period
of temporary disability. A PT employee is eligible for donated leave only up to the number of
scheduled work hours per week.
C. After the period of temporary disability, the mother is eligible for additional unpaid time off
up to a maximum total maternity leave of 12 weeks. Some of this additional time off beyond the
period of temporary disability may be paid time-off if the employee has sufficient planned leave
without pay, compensatory time, and annual leave balances or any combination of these. Police
officers and firefighters may also use accumulated holidays. With the department’s approval,
she may also use departmental advanced annual leave (up to 80 hours for FT; PT employees
as follows: PT 20, up to forty (40) hours; PT 25, up to fifty (50) hours; PT 30, up to sixty (60)
hours) if not already advanced for the temporary disability.
D. If an employee has exhausted all of her paid time-off (except she may maintain a balance of
forty hours or less of annual leave for a FT; PT employees may maintain a balance as follows:
PT 20, twenty (20) hours; PT 25, twenty-five (25) hours; PT 30, thirty (30) hours), she is
eligible to use leave without pay for the remainder of the maternity leave. Periods of leave
without pay of a pay period or greater will reduce the employee’s leave accrual and service
bonus payments.
E. During any period of leave without pay, the employee is responsible for paying her share of
insurance premiums on a monthly basis.
5.3 Paternity Leave
A. Fathers are allowed a period up to 12 weeks during any consecutive 12 months of unpaid
FMLA time off for the birth of a baby. The City allows the father to take up to three weeks
of paid sick-family leave for the birth of a baby. This sick-family leave is charged against the
father’s accrued sick leave balance.
B. After the paid paternity leave, the father of a newborn baby may use the remaining paid
time-off up to the 12 weeks allowed. This additional time off beyond the paid paternity leave
may be paid time-off charged to accrued planned leave without pay, compensatory time, and
annual leave, police officers and firefighters may also use accumulated holidays. With the
department’s approval, the father may also use departmental advanced annual leave (up to 80
hours for FT; PT employees as follows: PT 20, up to forty (40) hours; PT 25, up to fifty (50)
hours; PT 30, up to sixty (60) hours).
C. If a father has exhausted all of his paid time-off (except he may maintain a balance of forty