[Added 11-21-1994]
For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
A biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis, who is under 18 years of age or 18 years of age or older and incapable of self care because of a mental or physical disability. For the purpose of § 73-50, children attending school shall include a child attending preschool through undergraduate education up to age 22.
[Amended 3-5-2018]
The biological parent of an employee or an individual who
stood in loco parentis to an employee when the employee was a child.
Parent/teacher conferences, classroom presentations, and
classroom activities (e.g., field trips) requiring additional adult/parent
supervision.
[Amended 3-5-2018]
Husband or wife, as the case may be.
Each department head may grant family leave benefits to employees
of the City as provided in this article.
A.
The parent shift shall consist of working hours between 9:00 a.m.
and 2:00 p.m., whenever possible, with provisions for time off whenever
a parent needs it, subject to the provisions of this section.
B.
Positions which qualify to be filled under a parent shift program
shall be determined by work necessity so as not to cause an undue
hardship to the City. The final decision to grant a parent shift shall
rest with the department head based upon maintaining the efficiency
of the department for the public good.
C.
Parent shift workers shall be paid their hourly rate for the respective
position titles. They may be granted all school holidays and school
vacation days off, if desired. However, employees working fewer than
20 hours a week shall not be eligible for the parent shift program.
A department head may, whenever possible, hire two part-time
employees to fill one full-time position, with the combined hours
not to exceed the total hours of the full-time position. When the
two positions are created, only one can be greater than 15 hours per
week. The part-time working hours must be approved by the department
head so as not to interfere with the work to be performed in the department.
A.
In accordance with the provisions of MGL c. 149, § 105D,
an employee who has completed the initial benefit probationary period
of six months and is employed on a regular basis for 20 hours or more
per week may request an unpaid parental leave, not to exceed 16 weeks,
following the birth of a baby, unless otherwise provided for by a
collective bargaining agreement or this chapter, for the purpose of
giving birth, care of a newborn, placement for foster care, or the
adoption of a child under the age of 18, or the adoption of or placement
for foster care of a child 18 or over if the child is mentally or
physically disabled. The employee shall give at least a two-week written
notice, except in the case of an emergency, to his department head
of the anticipated date of departure and intention to return.
B.
If an employee is disabled due to pregnancy or childbirth, she may
use sick leave in accordance with the prescribed sick leave policy.
The employee shall submit a physician's statement which indicates
the expected return to work date should the illness exceed the parental
leave or as specified in the respective collective bargaining agreement.
C.
Parental leave shall neither affect the employee's right to receive
any benefits which he/she is eligible for at the commencement of the
leave nor affect any other rights and benefits to which he/she may
be entitled to under a collective bargaining agreement.
A.
All employees working 20 hours or more per week who are parents and/or
legal guardians of school-age children (preschool through high school)
shall be allowed to use four hours per school year for school-related
activities.
B.
The words "school-related activities" shall not cover volunteerism
in the schools.
C.
It shall be the responsibility of the employee to make appropriate
arrangements with his/her department head for each such absence to
ensure adequate coverage.
