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As an attorney for bainbridge burrell, develop a case to support the council's rejection of carol fern's unpaid maternity leave request.
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As an attorney for afscme local 10, develop an argument to support your client's contention that the council's rejection of carol's unpaid maternity leave request, that it violated the collective bargaining agreement.
00:22
As an arbitrator, how would you rule and why? as an attorney for bainbridge, i would support their decision.
00:27
Maternity leave is provided to recover from the birth and bond with a newborn, and this child is already three to four months old.
00:36
Moreover, mrs.
00:37
Carroll has not provided prior notice about her planned leave, which jeopardizes work in the company.
00:44
The company was not provided reasonable time to find a replacement for her.
00:48
However, bainbridge borough has provided her two consecutive 90 -day reasonable purpose leaves.
00:55
As ms.
00:56
Carroll's attorney, my main argument would be, be with the collective bargaining agreement.
01:01
As per that agreement, maternity leaves not exceeding six months shall be granted at the request of an employee for the birth of a baby or the adoption or the adoption of a foster child.
01:13
So the fact that it recognizes adoption here is imperative because it goes against bainbridge's argument that the point of maternity leave is to recover from the birth of a child.
01:26
So as such, since it does recognize adoption, mrs.
01:30
Carroll does quote, qualify for maternity leave...