17.02 - Leave for Association President/MTS President or Vice-President
The Association President shall be permitted leave from teaching duties of either 50% or 100% of the time. This percentage shall be determined by the Association prior to the beginning of the school year. There shall be no loss of benefits and the Association shall reimburse the Division for the entitled salary for the percentage of time that the President is absent from teaching duties. The Association will also reimburse for the appropriate percentage of allowance, where applicable, benefits (such as E.I., C.P.P. and Group Life Insurance premiums, etc.) and other costs related to the President’s leave. Except in the case of a 50% president, the right granted herein shall be in place of and not in addition to the rights granted by Leave of Absence for Executive Duties article of this Agreement. Upon the return of the teacher to the Division, the teacher shall be reinstated in either the same or comparable position.
A teacher who is elected to The Manitoba Teachers’ Society as President or Vice-President shall, upon reasonable notice, be granted leave for that term of office and, upon the return of that teacher to the Division, shall be reinstated in either the same or comparable position.