What is the provision for Sabbatical Leave?
15.8 Sabbatical Leave – Employees in the bargaining unit shall be eligible for sabbatical leave which he may take with the approval of the President for the purpose of advanced study, independent research or pursuance of a higher academic degree at the completion of six (6) years of employment. 15.8.1 An employee on sabbatical leave shall receive for a period of one (1) year, half-pay, or for a period of six (6) months, full-pay, with the understanding that he return to his duties for at least one (1) year upon termination of the leave, unless by mutual agreement between the employee and the President, it is deemed inadvisable. 15.8.2 Upon his return from sabbatical leave, an employee’s salary shall be at the same pay rate the position would have if there had been no leave, and he shall be returned to the same level which he held at the time said leave commenced if it exists, or is not a substantially equivalent level. A sabbatical leave of absence may be extended without pay or increm
