1. GGEA Maternity Workshop:
Your Rights, Your Benefits

2. LEAVES Involuntary Voluntary Pregnancy Parental Care Disability
Maternity
Sick Leave
Personal Necessity
Differential
Pay Status Unpaid
Continued Health
Benefits

3. LEAVES Involuntary Voluntary Pregnancy Disability Parental Leave
Sick Leave used 1st
Up to 60 Days using sick time, then differential pay
Differential Pay 2nd (100 days)
Maternity Leave
Up to one year of unpaid time

4. Pregnancy Disability Leave
Time prior to giving birth or after delivery that you must be out for medical reasons
Usually six weeks from date of birth for normal delivery and eight weeks for Caesarian
This leave is completely controlled by your Doctor

5. Pregnancy Disability Leave (11.5)
Requires the use of your sick leave
When you run out of sick leave, you have 100 work days of differential pay (your regular pay minus the cost of a substitute teacher)

6. Parental Leave
All eligible employees are entitled to 12 work weeks (60 days) within the first year for the bonding(birth/adoption/foster care)
Full pay with accumulated sick leave
Differential pay upon exhaustion of sick leave

7. Maternity Leave (11.5c)
An employee is entitled to a leave of absence without pay of up to one year because of pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, and recovery therefrom
Benefits will continue 6 months from the last day worked
Maternity Leave is unpaid

8. Return Rights From Leaves
You have the right to return to your same school site if you have been on leave for one semester or less
WARNING: The District will not approve your return date near holidays, the end of the year, or just before a grading period

9. Medical Benefits
Your Medical Benefits will continue for six months from the first of the month following the last day you worked if you are on pregnancy disability, medical leave, or maternity leave
Example: If your last day worked was March 10, six months from April 1 is September 30. Your benefits end at the end of the day on September 30 if you do not return to work.

10. Note Re: Summer School
Teaching summer school is not part of your regular work year and will not restart your medical benefits eligibility period.

11. Medical Benefits Continuation
COBRA (Federal Law) allows you to continue your medical benefits at your cost while you are on unpaid leave. Maternity leave is unpaid.
Contact Insurance ( ) at the District Office to apply for the continued benefits and arrange for payments
District Office – Second Floor

12. Additional Programs That May Help

13. THE STANDARD Disability Insurance
Available to GGEA members as a CTA-endorsed vendor
New teachers can enroll without providing medical information during first 120 days of employment. All others need to submit medical information with the application.
Contact THE STANDARD for claim forms or general information at or (800)

14. THE STANDARD Disability Insurance
Doctor’s note that you can’t work (Must be disability)
While sick leave is being used, you will receive $25/day
After no sick days remain, insurance supplements differential pay or provides 75% of your regular duty pay in tax-free dollars
7 day non-paid waiting period before benefits are paid
$35 per day in the hospital

15. 125 Flexible Benefit Program
Provides for payment of child care expenses from pre-tax dollars
Can cover miscellaneous medical expenses as well
Enrollment period in October only
Should attend District orientation, which is held in October each year

16. Job Share Two teachers share one teaching position = job share
Health benefits- 1. shared and each partner pays half per month 2. only one partner receives them 3. only one partner receives them and it is rotated each year (no side deals for extra pay or days worked)
See the current GGEA/GGUSD Contract for more details

17. Job Share Plan
A Job Share Contract must be signed by Job Share partners each year.
Participants and District must agree on terms and conditions of the plan.
Job share may not be dissolved unless a vacant position is available

18. Job Share
GGEA maintains a list of interested members to assist you in finding a partner.

19. Don’t Forgets & Miscellaneous
Remember to add your child to your health insurance within thirty days of birth and deliver a copy of the original birth certificate to the District Office.
(If you forget, there will be no coverage)
No STRS credit is earned while you are on unpaid status. However, you may purchase credit for time you are out on unpaid or maternity leave.
(714)

20. Don’t Forgets & Miscellaneous
You must work 75% of the school year for advancement on the salary schedule.
This applies to all leaves/absences.
You must work 139 days and can only miss 46 days in a 185 day work year
You are responsible for
counting the days!

21. Don’t Forgets and Miscellaneous
Review your first paycheck after you return to work to ensure that your deductions for The Standard and/or your Flex 125 Plan are there. Call Payroll at X6300 if something is missing.
Call District Insurance at X6523 or 6495 to notify them that you are back at work and to reinstate your insurance.

22. YOUR GGEA DUES
In order to maintain your disability coverage with The Standard while you are out on unpaid leave, you must continue to pay GGEA dues.
Call Susan at to arrange for a reduced dues payment.
Payments can be mailed to the GGEA Office.

23. MATERNITY WORKSHOP
GGEA and Joli Armitage, Assistant Superintendent of Personnel, thanks you for attending
Fill out a GGEA evaluation sheet
Don’t forget, you can always refer to your contract under the leaves article or contact the District or GGEA