| Resolution Number: | 2000-C042 | |
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| Title: | Urge Support for Maternity/Paternity Leave for Clergy | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention urge the Executive Council and all dioceses to include the following in their policies concerning clergy maternity/paternity leave:
| a. | A member of the clergy who has been employed by the church for one full year and is the designated "primary child-care parent" is entitled to leave for the birth or adoption of a child for a minimum of eight weeks with pay. Up to eight additional weeks may be taken without pay. The member of the clergy may elect to use vacation leave or sick leave during this latter period. |
| b. | A member of the clergy who has been employed by the church for one full year and is the "non-primary care parent" is entitled to leave for the birth or adoption of a child for a minimum of two weeks with pay and up to ten additional weeks without pay. |
| c. | A member of the clergy not employed by the church for one full year is entitled to the same numbers of weeks leave. Pay during this period is negotiated between the employer and the member of the clergy. |
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 645f. |
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