At first this sounded great, until I realized that it’s prejudicial against employees without children.
Shouldn’t University benefits be available to all employees, and not be discriminatory ?
What about childless employees who would like to volunteer for school activities, Big Brother/Big Sister, or similar agencies?
Would this be considered un-Constitutional ?
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New Leave Available for Children’s Educational Activity.
Beginning January of each year, all full-time benefits eligible employees will receive 8 hours of leave for the purpose of participating in children’s educational activities. Any unused leave at the end of the calendar year is not subject to carry-over and unused leave will be lost. Additionally, unused Education Activity Leave is not compensable at retirement or termination.
Children are defined as any person enrolled in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 (preK-12) and who is related to the state employee as: natural child, adopted child, stepchild, foster child, grandchild, ward of the state employee, legal guardian or any other legal capacity where the employee is acting as a parent.
Educational activity is defined as: parent-teacher conferences, participation in school-sponsored tutoring, school-sponsored volunteer programs, field trips, classroom programs, academic competitions, and assisting with athletic, music or theater programs. Please note that this does not include attendance at sports activities.
This leave goes into effect July 1st and will be available for your use after that date. For 2007 only, you will receive the full 8 hours to use between July 1st and December 31st. After January 1st, 2008 it will revert to 8 hours per calendar year as stated above.
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