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245 F - Leaves of Absence
City of Greensboro Personnel Policy Manuał
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C. After the allowable three weeks of paid sick-family leave for adoption, the employee may
use additional paid time-off and unpaid leave up to the 12 weeks allowed. Police officers and
firefighters may also use accumulated holidays. With the department director’s approval,
the employee may also use departmental advanced annual leave (up to 80 hours for a FT, PT
employees as follows: PT 20, up to forty (40) hours; PT 25, up to fifty (50) hours; or PT 30, up
to sixty (60) hours).
D. If an employee has exhausted all of the paid time-off for which he is eligible (except he may
maintain a balance of 40 hours or less of annual leave for a full time employee; PT 20, twenty
(20) hours or less; PT 25, twenty-five (25) hours or less; or PT 30, thirty (30) hours or less),
he is eligible to use leave without pay for the remainder of the adoption leave. Periods of leave
without pay of one 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 his share of
health and dental insurance premiums on a monthly basis.
F. In situations where a major illness occurs with the adoptive child, the employee may be
eligible to use additional sick-family leave.
5.3 Foster Care
A. Employees are allowed a period up to 12 weeks during any consecutive 12 months of unpaid
leave to care for a child placed with the employee for foster care. If both parents are City
employees, a total of 12 weeks shared between the two employees is allowed.
B. The employee may be paid for a portion of the foster care leave if he charges the absence
to paid time-off. Police officers and firefighters may also use accumulated holidays. With the
department’s approval, the employee may also use departmental advanced annual leave (up to
80 hours for a FT, PT employees as follows: PT 20, up to forty (40) hours; PT 25 up to fifty
(fifty hours; or PT 30, up to sixty (60) hours).
C. If an employee has exhausted all of his paid time-off (except he may maintain a balance of 40
hours or less of annual leave for a full time employee; PT employees may maintain annual leave
balances as follows: PT 20, twenty (20) hours or less; PT 25, twenty-five (25) hours or less; or
PT 30. thirty (30) hours or less), he is eligible to use leave without pay for the remainder of the
leave for placement for foster care. Periods of leave without pay of one pay period or greater
will reduce the employee’s leave accrual and service bonus payments.
D. During any period of leave without pay, the employee is responsible for paying his share of
health and dental insurance premiums on a monthly basis.
E. In situations where a major illness occurs with the foster child, the employee may be eligible