EDUCATION LEAVE POLICY

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EDUCATION LEAVE SAMPLE

The Company understands the need for continuing education. Full-time employees and part-time employees with benefits who have worked for one continuous year are eligible for up to four (4) months unpaid education leave of absence to attend a program approved by the Company. Requests for unpaid education leave must be made in writing no less than three (3) months prior to the date the leave is to begin and must specify the period for which the leave is requested. Education leave will be granted by the Company only if it determines, in its sole discretion, such leave will not interfere with operations.

During the period of leave, the employee will retain his/her previously earned seniority, vacation and sick time, but no additional benefits shall accrue.

Employees shall be informed in writing of the date the employee is expected to return to work. An employee who fails to return to work when scheduled shall be considered to have resigned his/her employment with the Company. To the extent practicable, we will hold your job for you for a maximum of sixty (60) days, after which time, you will only be entitled to be reinstated to the first available similar position.

• Ogletree Deakins | New Enforcement Guidance on “No-Fault” Attendance Policies and FMLA Leave (September 10, 2018)

• Franczek Radelet P.C | BREAKING: Get Your New FMLA Forms from the DOL Here! (September 05, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | NLRB Invalidates Voluntary Severance Agreements, Orders Reinstatement and Full Back Pay (September 09, 2018)

• XpertHR | Drug Test Should Not Have Disqualified Medical Marijuana User, Federal Court Rules (September 12, 2018)

• Phelps Dunbar LLP | EEOC Takes Aggressive Stance on Employee Drug Testing Amid Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic (September 12, 2018)

• FordHarrison LLP | Pregnant Woman Fired by Text Message: "Sorry . . . But It's Not Going to Work Out" (September 06, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | DOL Issues Updated FMLA Forms (September 06, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | New Version of Model FCRA Summary of Rights Released; And You Have One Week to Comply (September 16, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | In Private Letter Ruling, IRS Approves 401(k) Student Loan Repayment Benefit (September 05, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Department of Labor Issues Additional FLSA Opinion Letters, Acknowledges New “Fair Reading” Standard for Overtime Exemptions (September 05, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Maryland | Maryland Employers, Are You Ready? New Sexual Harassment Law Takes Effect October 1 (September 12, 2018)

• Ogletree Deakins | Michigan | Paid Leave: Coming to a Michigan Workplace Near You (September 09, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Michigan | From Ballots to Bills: Michigan Adopts Paid Sick and Safe Time Law and Raises the Minimum Wage (September 11, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | California | California Countdown 2018: Which Labor and Employment Bills Will the Governor Sign? (September 05, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | New York | Significant Compliance Challenges in New York State's Proposed Anti-Sex Harassment Rules: What Can Employers Do Now? (September 07, 2018)

• Fisher Phillips | New York | State Appeals Court Expands Scope Of NYC’s Marital Status Discrimination Law (September 12, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | New York | Reminder: New York City Employers Must Distribute Fact Sheet, Post Notice on Sexual Harassment Law by Sept. 6 (September 06, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Connecticut | Connecticut Continues to Extend Protections to Employees under State Medical Marijuana Law, Rejects Federal Preemption Defense (September 11, 2018)

• Goldberg Segalla LLP | New York | New Legislation on Sexual Harassment Will Signifigcantly Affect the Handling of These Cases for Municipalities (September 06, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Connecticut | Connecticut Court Holds That Refusing To Hire Medical Marijuana User Constitutes Employment Discrimination (September 06, 2018)

• Second Circuit | Noffsinger v. SSC Niantic Operating Co., LLC, d/b/a Bride Brook Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., No. 3:16-cv-01938, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150453 (D. Conn. Sept. 5, 2018)

• Eighth Circuit | Eggers v. Wells Fargo Bank NA, No. 16-4376 (August 13, 2018)

• Seventh Circuit | Smith v. Rosebud Farm, Inc., No. 17-2626, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 21481 (7th Cir. Aug. 2, 2018)

• Sixth Circuit | Gaffers v. Kelly Services, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 22613 (6th Cir. Aug. 15, 2018)

• Nevada | Shores v. Global Experience Specialists, Inc., 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 61 (Aug. 2, 2018)

• Ninth Circuit | Dutta v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

• Tenth Circuit | Lincoln v. BNSF Railway Company, Inc.

• Third Circuit | Cotto v. Ardagh Glass Packing, Inc., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135194 (D.N.J. Aug. 10, 2018)

• Ninth Circuit | Golden v. California Emergency Physicians Med. Grp., No. 16-17354 (9th Cir. July 24, 2018)

• Third Circuit | Sessoms v. Trs. Of the Univ. of Pa., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 16611 (3rd Cir. June 20, 2018)