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DeSoto County school staff introduce sick‑leave transfer procedures for employees with newborns, effective Oct. 1
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Bennett and district staff presented new procedures allowing employees who have babies to receive donated sick leave beginning Oct. 1; staff said eligibility and transfer limits will be reassessed at year end.
DeSoto County School District staff told the school board on Sept. 23 that new procedures will allow employees who have babies to receive donated sick leave from coworkers beginning Oct. 1.
The change — presented by a district staff member and reviewed by Superintendent Dr. Bennett — modifies existing sick‑leave transfer procedures to explicitly include employees on leave for childbirth and related FMLA‑protected absences. "It affords individuals that do have babies up to 15 days of employees sick leave being transferred to them," the staff member…
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