Unpaid Leave
In exceptional circumstances or in accordance with applicable law, employees may be granted unpaid leaves of absence. Requests must be submitted in writing to your Manager and all unpaid leave requests must be approved by Human Resources. Each request will be reviewed on its own merits, taking into account the staffing and service requirements of the Company. While we do consider unpaid time off, we ask that paid leave be exhausted first. An Executive Officer and Human Resources must approve requests exceeding ten aggregate days of unpaid leave. There is no guarantee of continued employment or reinstatement following approved unpaid leave, unless otherwise required by law.
Procedure
If any employee obtains other employment during a leave of absence, the employee will be considered to have voluntarily resigned the day leave began.
The employee may continue his/her comprehensive medical and life insurance while on leave by requesting the continuation in writing and paying the applicable premium.
Because an employee’s work must be continued while he/she is away, the Company is not obligated to hold a position open until an employee’s return. However, upon reinstatement from leave of absence, the Company will make every effort to place the employee in a comparable position to that which was vacated prior to taking the leave of absence. For length of service and benefit purposes, the original date of employment is reinstated upon the employee’s return, and vacation and sick days will resume upon return to work.