Paid leave is available on election day if your hours of service and voting hours do not allow you to have enough consecutive hours off to vote. They can take up to four consecutive hours for provincial elections and up to three hours for federal, local and First Nations elections. Since investigations are generally opened before and after regular hours, not all workers are required to fully benefit from them to ensure that they have withdrawn enough consecutive hours from work to vote. Workers may take a day off, with payment to appear in court for a hearing for their child; During custody hearings, there are separate leave rules that also allow a worker to attend this type of hearing. Free time is used on the day of the hearing (including a custody hearing). You can apply for up to two days of leave with payment per calendar year to support a seriously ill or hospitalized parent or step-parent if no one else is available to meet their needs. Parental leave illness can be used in half-day stages up to two days per calendar year. For any type of leave, you can get permission from your supervisor. Give them as much attention as possible. Enter the aaway time to work with the right payroll code in Time and Leave. You are entitled to two days of paid leave to participate in the birth of your child; If you are adopting a baby, contact AskMyHR. Send a service request with the Categories Myself > Leave – Time Off > Special or Other Leaves to see if you qualify for this holiday at the birth of the baby. In Time and Leave, enter the “Birth or Adoption Lv” payment code.

Staff members who have been appointed as jurors or witnesses may take leave with payment. However, if a worker`s private affairs are the reason he must appear in court, only leave can be granted without pay. If peA employees cannot work due to criminal restrictions, they can apply for leave without pay until the court makes a decision. Other workers in this situation may be entitled to general leave without pay. Workers are entitled to an additional five days of unpaid leave in one- or more-day units or for an uninterrupted period and an additional 15 days of unpaid leave. A break with a salary is available to you and dependent children. In some cases, leave is also possible to bring dependent parents to medical and dental appointments that require travel (please check your collective agreement for details); Your dependent relative must live with you at all times and medical or dental care should not be available on site. Appointments must apply to services covered by the B.C. Medical Services Plan, the Dental Plan for Public Service, the Extended Benefits Plan or Staff and Family Services. In the event of illness or hospitalization of your spouse or dependent child, paid leave may be requested simultaneously, within two days, if no one can take care of his needs in the worker`s house, except the worker. Leave may be granted to a staff member who requires surgery for bone marrow or organ donation.

Enter the pause in Time and Leave with the payment code “Donor Leave.” This leave is generally no more than five days. Please check the terms of your collective agreement. If the deceased is a grandparent, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, a full day is available for burial. In Time and Leave, use the payment code “Bereavement Lv.” You can take leave without pay to care for a seriously ill family member who is at risk of death.