<div dir="ltr">Our Sick Leave bank stipulates it's for a teacher experiencing a prolonged or catastrophic illness or event (of the employee), so maternity leave does not fit into that unless there are complications and it becomes a prolonged or catastrophic illness<div><br></div><div>Lucie</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM Andrea Disch <<a href="mailto:adisch@msad11.org">adisch@msad11.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Dear Colleagues,</font></p>
<p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">I’m reaching out to ask whether any of your districts currently restrict staff members recovering from childbirth—who lack sufficient personal sick leave—from drawing time from an associated sick leave bank.</font></p>
<p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Our current Collective Bargaining Agreement specifies that this is not permitted. However, we were previously advised by counsel that prohibiting employees from accessing the sick leave bank for postpartum recovery could constitute discrimination, prompting a change in past practice.</font></p>
<p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">I’d appreciate learning whether others are facing similar language in their agreements, and if so, how your districts are addressing it in practice.</font></p>
<p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Thank you in advance for any insights you can share.</font></p>
<p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Best,<br>
Andrea</font></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4y02vtQLN6pwWGVEguRSdTE-1TkYG-o9RHWWMnAGvXWOAnsY3fcBcye_4dEyhUUmM9bDDQNmmK_HZmX"><br></div></div></div></div>
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