{"id":149,"date":"2026-02-26T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2026-02-26T20:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:10:40","slug":"leaves-of-absence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/leaves-of-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Section IV: Leaves of absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Section IV<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-leaves-of-absence\">Leaves of absence<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-vertical plain-links wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-fe9cc265 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href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/leaves-of-absence\/leave-for-religious-observances\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Leave for religious observances<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/leaves-of-absence\/sick-leave-donation\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Sick leave donation<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-vertical wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Handbook menu\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container  is-vertical wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item 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