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Desks / Leave Compass
Leave & entitlements

Leave Compass — every leave, three clocks, one ledger.

One employee, one leave. The date pay changes is not the date the job is protected until, and neither is the date the premium duty ends. Counted in duty days, denominated in hours, cited on every row — produced now, not rebuilt after the dispute.

Building
Attorney review required. The reconciliation memo and the designation notice was drafted by the system from numbers the rules engine produced. It surfaces; a person elects.
  1. Draft
  2. Pending review
  3. Reviewed
  4. Sent
Matter L-1042
D. Whitfield C-1042
ClassCertificated · permanent · 1.0 FTE
SiteMesa Vista High School
LeaveOwn serious health condition — continuous
Start
Leave model§ 44977 differential (district leave-model profile v3)
Documents
Entitlements
  • Accumulated sick leave300/412.5 h
    Full pay. 11 weeks at 37.5 h/week.
  • FMLA / CFRA (concurrent)112.5/480 h
    12 workweeks in duty days. Job protection, not pay.
  • § 44977 differential pay0/5 school months
    Begins only after sick leave exhausts. Once per illness, once per fiscal year.
  • Reemployment list (permanent)0/39 months
    Fed by § 44977 exhaustion. Probationary: 24 months.

The clocks

Pay, protection, benefits — three axes, four clocks. Each one names its rule and its inputs.

Due soon
Designation notice due
5 business days after enough information to determine qualification
computed from certification received 2 business days ago
Upcoming
Pay: sick leave exhausts → differential begins
Balance ÷ 7.5 h per duty day, charged against the school calendar
computed from opening balance 412.5 h
Upcoming
Protection: FMLA / CFRA ends
12 workweeks in duty days from leave start; winter recess does not consume
computed from leave start; 2026-27 instructional calendar v3
Upcoming
Benefits: premium duty ends
Coverage on the same terms through the protected period
computed from protection end date

The ledger

In hours, against the payroll increment. Future weeks are projections from the calendar.

buckets visible: HR / counsel
Week ofCharged toHoursBalanceAuthority
Opening balance (from district payroll — sanity-checked, not trusted)412.5 h
Accumulated sick leave37.5375.0
Accumulated sick leave37.5337.5
Accumulated sick leave (holiday inside week counts)37.5300.0
proj.Accumulated sick leave37.5262.5
proj.Accumulated sick leave37.5225.0
proj.Accumulated sick leave37.5187.5
proj.Accumulated sick leave37.5150.0
proj.Sick leave (22.5 h) → differential pay begins37.5112.5
proj.Differential pay — school month 1 of 537.575.0

Guided stages

The firm's district checklist, rendered as a workflow.

Request received
Site secretary forwarded to HR
Eligibility determination
Full-time certificated: 1,250-hour presumption applies; burden on district to rebut
Eligibility + rights & responsibilities notices
Sent within 5 business days
Medical certification
Received; complete and sufficient
Designation noticegap
Due 5 business days after certification. Not sent. Until sent, the 12 weeks may not be running against the employee.
Tracking during leave
Weekly charge posted; benefits premium share invoiced
Return to work
Fitness-for-duty certification may be required; no pre-return exam
Interactive-process trigger
If restrictions remain: is there a disability? Route to counsel.

Notice-gap report

Required vs. sent. The one that never went out is the dispute.

Eligibility notice
due
sent
Rights & responsibilities notice
due
sent
Designation notice
due
not sent
CFRA designation (may be combined)
due
not sent

Also checked: any adverse action dated inside a protected period. None found.

Projection

“If she returns two weeks later, what changes, and when may we fill the position?”

Returns after 12 workweeks
Position must be held through protection; long-term sub only
Returns two weeks later
Protection lapses; reinstatement right shifts to § 44978.1 list; counsel elects
Exhausts differential (5 school months)
39-month reemployment list begins; position may be filled
No language model computed anything on this screen. The model only read the leave request into proposed facts a person confirmed; the rules engine produced every number, and counsel reviews every document. That sentence is the product.