A teacher being a member of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society Executive or any branch thereof or any special committee or any branch thereof and being authorized by the Executive of the Society in the matter of the Society business requiring absence from school, shall have the right to be absent to attend such meetings or to act as such representative or delegate and shall be excused from school duties on not more than a total of five teaching days in any school year, provided the substitute rate is assumed by the Society. A maximum of twenty-five (25) teaching days leave for the above purpose will be provided for by the Division. Further days may be granted by the Division at 1/N (Where N is the number of days in the school year) of the teacher’s annual salary, provided that in the judgment of the Division his/her class or administrative duties are left in the hands of a qualified substitute.
A teacher shall be entitled to five (5) days without loss of salary in case of death of an immediate family member. Immediate family to include spouse, child, mother, father, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in- law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. A teacher is entitled up to three days of leave without loss of salary to attend the funeral for grandparents, spouse’s grandparents, son-in-law, daughter-in-law and grandchild. A teacher is entitled to one day without loss of salary to attend the funeral to act as pallbearer or to attend the funeral of a good friend. Additional leave may be granted at the discretion of the Division.
A teacher shall be entitled to four (4) days without loss of salary in case of life threatening illness of an immediate family member. Immediate family to include spouse, child, mother, father, brother, sister, mother- in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. Additional leave may be granted at the discretion of the Division.
Each teacher or principal shall be allowed for good reason, subject to the availability of suitable substitute, two days of personal leave per school year without loss of salary. However, for schools with less than twenty f.t.e. teachers employed no more than one teacher per school shall be granted personal leave without loss of salary on any one day to extend the Christmas Break, Spring Break, or at the beginning or end of the school year. For schools with twenty or more f.t.e. teachers employed no more than two teachers per school shall be granted leave without loss of salary on any one day to extend Christmas Break, Spring Break or at the beginning or end of the school year.
If unused in a school year, a teacher may carry over one day to the next school year. No more than 3 personal days or leave without loss of salary may be taken in a school year.
This leave shall not be used on scheduled administrative, in-service, professional development or parent teacher days unless the Superintendent has expressly given consent.
This leave is to be requested by the teacher at least five teaching days in advance of the planned absence and then considered for approval by the principal. For principals, this leave is to be requested to and considered for approval by the superintendent. In cases of emergency, five-day request may be waived by the superintendent.
Each teacher or principal shall be allowed for good reason, subject to the availability of suitable substitute, one day of personal leave per school year with deduction at a rate established for substitute teachers. This leave is to be requested by the teacher at least five teaching days in advance of the planned absence and then considered for approval by the principal. For principals, this leave is to be requested to and considered for approval by the superintendent. In cases of emergency, the five-day request may be waived by the superintendent.
Absences in excess of those in a) or b) are subject to approval by the Division. If approved by the Division, the deduction is 1/N of annual salary for each day. (Where N is the number of days in the school year)
Teachers shall be entitled to use up to five (5) days of sick leave per year to attend to the illness or injury or emergent medical appointment of that teacher’s parent(s), spouse, spouse’s parents or child. Where such cases occur, and both employees of a particular family member (as identified above) are teachers within scope of his collective agreement, both employees may not access the provisions of this paragraph concurrently except where the family member is a child of the teacher or the other family member (as identified above) is involved in an emergency illness or injury involving hospitalization.