Civil Service Law allows all employees to take up
to four hours of paid leave annually for screening for prostate
cancer. Prostate cancer screening includes physical exams and
blood work for the detection of prostate cancer. Reasonable travel
time is included in the four-hour cap.
All employees are similarly entitled to take up to four hours
of paid leave annually for breast cancer screening. Breast cancer
screening includes mammograms and physical exams for the detection
of breast cancer.
Employees who undergo screenings outside their regular work
schedules do so on their own time. Official medical documentation
verifying the screening may be required. These leaves are not
cumulative and expire on the last day of the calendar year. Please
direct questions about these paid leaves to the Payroll Office at
878-4124 or to Emmanuel
J. Hillery, associate director of human resource management,
878-4822.
Source: Bulletin, Vol. 54, No. 9, October 16, 2008 |
